Paul Graham (born 13 November 1964) is an English-born American computer scientist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author, and essayist. He is best known for...
Paul Graham (born 13 November 1964) is an English-born American computer scientist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author, and essayist. He is best known for his work on Lisp, his former startup Viaweb (later renamed "Yahoo! Store"), co-founding the influential startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, his blog, and Hacker News. He is the author of several programming books, such as: On Lisp (1993), ANSI Common Lisp (1995), and Hackers & Painters (2004). Technology journalist Steven Levy has described Graham as a "hacker philosopher".
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Paul Graham recommended For @Codecademy's first 4yrs, we were in the 📰 every wk. Those weeks, we made $0. The past 4 years, w...Tweet
Zach Sims
Paul GrahamA great thread about how Codecademy survived its early mistakes. If you are a recent graduate of an elite university, these are the mistakes you're going to make. https://t.co/hHLWxUpidrtwitter.com Feb 23, 2021 -
Paul Graham recommended I Want to Be a Mathematician: An AutomathographyBook
Paul R. Halmos
Paul Graham@shombuddho I bought Halmos's book on your recommendation, and it's fabulous, probably the best book I've read this year. Do you have any other recommendations?twitter.com Oct 28, 2020 -
Paul Graham recommended From Galileo to NewtonBook
A. Rupert Hall
Paul GrahamFrom its title and the fact that it's part of series, Rupert Hall's _From Galileo to Newton_ sounds like it would be a boring survey, but actually it's one of the best books I've read on the history of science.https://t.co/PxsKnxzRlBtwitter.com Oct 18, 2020 -
Paul Graham recommended The Autobiography of Malcolm XBook
Malcolm X
Alex Haley
Paul Graham@MarkKatakowski Yes, that was a good book. I still leave the bathroom light on to deter burglars, as he recommended.twitter.com Oct 12, 2020 -
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Paul Graham recommended Confessions
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Paul Graham recommended This Overlooked Variable Is the Key to the PandemicArticle
Zeynep Tufekci
Paul GrahamWhen @jburnmurdoch said this was "probably the best article on Covid I've read," I had to read it immediately. It's really good, as everything from @zeynep seems to be.https://t.co/BHVQA2WNX3twitter.com Oct 10, 2020 -
Paul Graham recommended What Working At Stripe Has Been Like | Kalzumeus SoftwareArticle
Patrick McKenzie
Paul GrahamEvery startup founder should read this: https://t.co/vSKiK7jpVb https://t.co/cW4SGOC7zjtwitter.com Oct 8, 2020 -
Paul Graham recommended Grain Mills And Flour In Classical AntiquityBook
Ludwig Alfred Moritz
Paul Graham@whyvert @Peter_Turchin You might like this book, which by an amazing coincidence was written by the father of the VC Mike Moritz:https://t.co/8kFIEMCWQWtwitter.com Sep 28, 2020 -
Paul Graham recommended The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
Paul Graham@SamGichuru The book is even more amazing. One of the best I've ever read.twitter.com Sep 28, 2020 -
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Paul Graham recommended Doing Business In JapanArticle
Patrick McKenzie
Paul GrahamThis article has more in it than most books. It's also really funny.https://t.co/zGnY2CdwPp -
Paul Graham recommended MEGATHREAD TIME: In 40 tweets I will describe 40 powerful concepts for understanding the world. Some...Tweet
Gurindoor
Paul GrahamThis thread is worth reading. It's better than most popular books about ideas, and much shorter. https://t.co/3cVr7GtySU -
Gaius Julius Caesar
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Johnnie Johnson
Gerald Durrell
G.H. Hardy
Anthony Trollope
Robert Kanigel
Srinivasa Ramanujan(about)
Carlo M. Cipolla
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