How to Earn a Billion Dollars
Paul Graham connects startup wealth to compound growth, a large market, and products users recommend. Founders can work through the arithmetic, examine its assumptions, and trace useful ideas back to a deep understanding of a group of users.
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Course outline
Growth and its assumptions
- A repeated percentage changes the scale
- A large outcome needs room and retained ownership
Where useful growth starts
- Understand users well enough to earn recommendations
- Interesting projects can precede plausible companies