“Make something people want. Being cheap is almost interchangeable with iterating rapidly — most startups fail before they make something people want.”
Why Paul is the canonical The Capital Provider
Co-founder of Y Combinator, the accelerator that seeded Airbnb, Stripe, Dropbox and thousands of others. Graham turned early-stage financing into a repeatable engine and coined 'make something people want' as YC's operating creed. He is the canonical modern capital provider who funds the front of the cycle.
The The Capital Provider provides capital and profits from all other roles — strongest leverage position. See the role on the 23-role map →
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