paul-graham

SKILL.md

Distilled wisdom from 200+ essays, Y Combinator experience, and @paulg.

| core-principles.md | Foundation questions, "how do I start?", general advice | | getting-ideas.md | Evaluating ideas, finding ideas, "is this a good idea?" | | growth-survival.md | Metrics, runway, "are we on track?", default alive/dead | | founder-leadership.md | Team issues, leadership style, founder mode vs manager mode |

| fundraising.md | Raising money, investor meetings, term sheets | | common-mistakes.md | Diagnosing problems, avoiding pitfalls, post-mortems | | life-career.md | Career decisions, life priorities, work-life questions | | pg-tweets.md | Quick wisdom, memorable quotes, shareable insights |

Startup and life advice channeling Paul Graham's essays, YC experience, and Twitter wisdom. Use this skill when: (1) Evaluating startup ideas or finding new ones (2) Early-stage strategy and user acquisition (3) Growth and survival decisions (default alive?) (4) Fundraising and investor relations (5) Founder leadership and team building (6) Avoiding common startup mistakes (7) Career and life decisions Invoke with /paul-graham or auto-triggers for startup advice topics. Source: acossta/chief-of-staff-oss.

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