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		pg on March 28, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: Paul Graham convinced me to drop out of school / q... I'm going to add explicit support for polls. As soon as I get done reading hundreds of YC applications :(
2.		Enter Zenter: "We want to be the Gmail of PowerPoint." (business2.com)
		15 points by danielha on March 28, 2007 \| 23 comments
3.		Gabor Cselle: Leaving Google to join Xobni (gaborcselle.com)
		12 points by gaborcselle on March 28, 2007 \| 5 comments
		dfranke on March 28, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: Paul Graham convinced me to drop out of school / q... Alex, polls are lame on Reddit. They're even lamer here since there's no down arrow. Please use Pollground or something similar.
5.		Ask Paul: Is "smart" enterprise software interesting?
		12 points by mattculbreth on March 28, 2007 \| 13 comments
6.		Justin.tv on AP news wire (ap.org)
		9 points by paul on March 28, 2007 \| 5 comments
7.		Would You Recommend Us? - the only question that matters (inc.com)
		10 points by Mistone on March 28, 2007 \| 4 comments
8.		I was excited when PG said you don't have to be smart to startup [Vote up if true]
		9 points by vlad on March 28, 2007 \| 11 comments
9.		Engineering as a profession?
		9 points by supahfly_remix on March 28, 2007 \| 11 comments
10.		Wizard Schools? - A crazy look at a new way to teach CS (steve-yegge.blogspot.com)
		9 points by Readmore on March 28, 2007 \| 5 comments
11.		The See-Through CEO (wired.com)
		9 points by pg on March 28, 2007 \| 3 comments
12.		From Oxford to Silicon Valley, part two (bbc.co.uk)
		8 points by jl on March 28, 2007
		ced on March 28, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: Why to Not Not Start a Startup Hypothesis: "I'd rather work on hard AI problems at Google than create a startup and bitch about how Safari is not rendering my site properly." What do you think? I haven't tried either, but working on cool problems ought to be worth something. Most startup work seems rather mundane.
14.		Flickr and YouTube each dramatically changed their business idea - PG's policy of only asking about an idea out of politeness makes sense... (cambrianhouse.com)
		8 points by e1ven on March 28, 2007 \| 3 comments
15.		"You're a Woz. You need a Jobs." (damienkatz.net)
		8 points by brett on March 28, 2007 \| 9 comments
16.		Vutool: Stealth Startup of a "Google Earth" from the ground level (techcrunch.com)
		7 points by domp on March 28, 2007 \| 3 comments
		far33d on March 28, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: "A startup company is like a bicycle", said one VC... The first think I thought when I saw this quote was that there's a wall full of unicycles at the YCombinator/AnyBots office, and lots of people that ride them effectively.
18.		Even more Startup School notes (by Kulveer) (kulveer.co.uk)
		6 points by kul on March 28, 2007 \| 1 comment
19.		Trains and VCs (kedrosky.com)
		5 points by far33d on March 28, 2007
		AurSaraf on March 28, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: Paul Graham convinced me to drop out of school / q... Hello. I am Aur Saraf. Simply put, no. Start ups are about work, not ideas. Ideas flow freely with some people (like me) that just have about one idea per day worth implementation. The skill to bring a product to life is the critical part. Still, since you shouldn't drop the idea of starting a start up, you should either find someone with the technical know how (track down my email and email me for help in that) or go for an idea where you can contribute 100%. Just my opinion, of course, though I highly doubt anyone would disagree (yes, this is a challenge). Aur Saraf
21.		new.ycombinator RSS feed
		6 points by bkmrkr on March 28, 2007 \| 5 comments
22.		"A startup company is like a bicycle", said one VC to me. "The two wheels are marketing and engineering and you don't get very far without both" (tuxdeluxe.org)
		6 points by BioGeek on March 28, 2007 \| 9 comments
		BrandonM on March 28, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: Why to Not Not Start a Startup This is all supposition, but I'm willing to bet that if such a position is available at Google, it would be necessary to have at least a Master's and preferably a Ph.D., with an emphasis on AI, in order to get such a position. The beauty of startups is that you can start them whenever you have the time and inspiration, and the artificial degree barrier is non-existent if your product is good enough.
		dfranke on March 28, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: Paul Graham convinced me to drop out of school / q... Vote this up for no.
25.		joost on AppleTV (joostteam.com)
		5 points by far33d on March 28, 2007 \| 1 comment
26.		Yahoo Mail Announces Unlimited Storage (techcrunch.com)
		5 points by danielha on March 28, 2007 \| 7 comments
27.		ATTN: The user "msgbeepa" Is a Spammer Submitting Paid Posts Do Not Upvote
		5 points by staunch on March 28, 2007 \| 4 comments
28.		The poor man's blog advertising (techcrunch.com)
		5 points by Sam_Odio on March 28, 2007 \| 2 comments
		e1ven on March 28, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: Paul Graham convinced me to drop out of school / q... I do have to agree with dfranke. While I certainly understand the concept, and I agree it's fun to get a gauge of people's reactions, I think you'll learn more reading the comments than you would with any simple poll.. There's also just that things like that are never so simple- I'm sure that pg has been one of many influences on people. I doubt very many people would go through their life, happily working at their job, read an essay, and drop everything ;) While pg is persuasive, I would like to think (hope) that anything he writes is one factor among many. (And again, Please- No polls like this. )
		dfranke on March 28, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: Paul Graham convinced me to drop out of school / q... Vote this up for yes.
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