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How to Start a Startup

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March 2005 (This essay is derived from a talk at the Harvard ComputerSociety.) You need three things to create a successful startup: to start withgood people, to make something customers actually want, and to spendas little money as possible. Andyet theres a lot of money at stake. Want to start a startup?

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Top Startup Advisor Paul Graham Just Warned Against Taking Google's Money

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Advertising. These Spooky Cinemagraphs Will Radically Change Online Advertising. Google Ventures has made more than 100 seed investments, Maris said, including some past and present Y Combinator companies, and is making one to two new ones a week. Y Combinator is a startup funding firm that was founded in 2005 by Paul Graham.