Paul Graham
Paul Graham

@paulg

2 Tweets 3 reads Aug 04, 2022
"Scaling bad unit economics, hiring quickly and badly, listening to investors, raising too much money, and not really understanding our users."
— a founder's list of the mistakes he made in his previous startup
It's interesting that "listening to investors" is one of the mistakes, but it definitely can be. Especially if you listen to them instead of users. Whereas if your investors' advice is "Listen to your users," you should definitely listen to that.

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