12 April 2005

Make Something People Want

Paul Graham has cranked out another essay, titled Why Smart People Have Bad Ideas that contains some wisdom for thems that would like to make money with a business. Any business. But let me start from the end. He finishes the essay with a slogan he'd like to put on a TShirt:

Make Something People Want

Seems to be a good starting or finishing point. He throws in some poker wisdom, even though he may not recognize it as it as such. In business, you have

to realize that having invested time in something doesn't make it good.

In poker, you have to learn that once your money goes into the pot, it's no longer yours, and make your decisions accordingly. Read the rest of the essay. I promise, he spent more than 67 minutes on this one.

1 comment:

g said...

Hello, Pinhut. I'm glad you liked the essay. I think that part of the point of Writing, Briefly was to show just how crappy his essays look on the first cut. He's a big proponent of iteration (he might say recursion) in the creative process. I engaged in some pooch screwing by gleaning the naughty bits without making those points.