March 2015

26 links saved this month.

Ideas for Startups
2015-03-31
paulgraham.com
Essay on where startup ideas come from, arguing they are questions refined by building and by working with capable friends, not finished inventions.
start-up business innovation opinion
How to Start a Startup
2015-03-31
paulgraham.com
Essay on the three things a startup needs: good people, something customers actually want, and spending as little money as possible.
start-up business founders money
How to Fund a Startup
2015-03-31
paulgraham.com
Guide to the sources of startup money — friends and family, consulting, angels, seed firms and venture funds — and how successive rounds and their terms work.
start-up business investors money vc
Good and Bad Procrastination
2015-03-31
paulgraham.com
Essay separating procrastination on errands, which frees time for work that matters, from avoiding real work altogether.
productivity work opinion
Five Questions about Language Design
2015-03-31
paulgraham.com
Notes for a 2001 MIT panel on programming language design, arguing languages should target good programmers and favour brevity and user control.
programming language design opinion
Do Things that Don't Scale
2015-03-31
paulgraham.com
Essay arguing that early startups have to recruit users by hand and give unscalable personal service instead of waiting for organic growth.
start-up business growth opinion