Mr. Startup: Paul Graham, founder of YCombinator, and his “no asshole” rule

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YCombinator, over the past couple of days, has had nearly every major technology investor and press person visit its Mountain View headquarters to witness the birth of 36 new startups. He explains what YCombinator is, then have a short conversation with me about the companies that revealed themselves for the first time yesterday. One of my favorite parts of this conversation is when we talked about his “no assholes” rule.

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14 Comments.

  1. mailmepizza October 29, 2011 at 5:20 pm

    Having never heard Paul speak before, I was expecting a British accent. I’m a bit disappointed but he does have a great demeanor.

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  2. bootiack October 29, 2011 at 5:26 pm

    whats with this hummmmmmmm noise he makes

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  3. taytus October 29, 2011 at 5:27 pm

    His twitter account is @paulg

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  4. naplesblondie October 29, 2011 at 6:12 pm

    love his essays and love listening

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  5. republican328 October 29, 2011 at 7:09 pm

    I’m not a hacker or an entrepreneur, but Paul Graham’s essays are awesome reading. He has so many good ones, but “Inequality and Risk” is my favorite.

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  6. danrbr October 29, 2011 at 7:20 pm

    @nosajghoul He now is on @paulg. Thanks to Avi Bryant, who commented on hacker news, and works on twitter since he sold his smalltalk project (and the rest of his compnay) called Trendly for them

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  7. phektus October 29, 2011 at 7:56 pm

    @tylergillies he seems to really excel in communicating

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  8. Valdrone October 29, 2011 at 8:06 pm

    @nosajghoul having your name taken and not being able to fit messages into 140 chars are not UI issues. I’m pretty sure he just said that as an excuse anyway. YCombinator uses twitter capitalistically, he doesn’t use it personally.

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  9. nosajghoul October 29, 2011 at 9:05 pm

    2:00 “What makes it better than (website)?” His answer boiled down to a vastly improved user experience.

    6:20 “Why arent you on twitter?” His answer boiled down to… a user interface issue.

    I find it ironic (in a lol way) that he deals with companies that capitalize on this, yet he hasnt.

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  10. hughtub October 29, 2011 at 9:58 pm

    Hipmunk I saw on reddit the other day, and it is pretty neat indeed.

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  11. edmooredop October 29, 2011 at 10:24 pm

    @uchuff appreciated

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  12. tylergillies October 29, 2011 at 11:04 pm

    Paul is a good casual speaker

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  13. defdac October 29, 2011 at 11:15 pm

    “There’s-gotta-be-something-wrong-with-that-guy-laugh”

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  14. uchuff October 30, 2011 at 12:01 am

    “no assholes” at 4:20

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