YC h2start a start up| lecture 3

http://startupclass.samaltman.com

Lecture 3 - Before the Startup (Paul Graham)

startups are very counterintuitive

1. startups are wired, don't follow your instincs
2. You don't need expertise in startups to succeed－ just know your user is enough
3. Gaming the system does not work in startups.-your only boss is user, they're sharks.
4. startups are consuming
5. You can't tell if you can succeed.
6. Never make a startup ideas to startup.
   • learn a lot about things that matter
     • become good in something
   • work on problems that interest you
   • with people that you respect
   • leading edge of technologies , domain in some area( Larry Pages, eg.)

I'm self-indulgent too

How to get ideas： live in future###

Ultimate advise:Just Learn.####

What we can learn in college: maybe I should learn physics, all about curiosity###

Ohh, Physics! My love!