Post From YC Startup School — Before the Startup by Paul Graham

From YC Startup School — Before the Startup by Paul Graham A few ideas that genuinely made me stop and think: 1. Starting early ≠ starting in college. Startups can consume your entire life. Your early 20s can be better spent exploring, learning, experimenting, and figuring out what actually matters to you. 2. Don’t chase startup ideas. The best ideas can come from simply learning deeply, working on interesting problems, and building things. Sometimes you discover the idea instead of searching for it. 3. Don’t need to be a startup expert. What matters more is becoming an expert in the problem and the users I’m trying to solve for. The startup mechanics can be learned when needed. 4. Don’t optimize for the GPA. Learn difficult and powerful things because you’re genuinely curious. Users don't care about our GPA. YC doesn't either. One line I’m taking from today: Don’t try to become a founder. Become someone who knows something deeply and can build something people want. 🤞 Just learn. #KeepLearning @next_commit