Topic
Resilience
Every resource in the archive tagged with resilience.
22 resources
EssayGuide to Career Planning, Part 2: Skills and education
Marc Andreessen
Oct 2007 · 17 min read
Which skills actually compound in a career — and what formal education is and isn't good for.
EssayCEOs Should Tell It Like It Is
Ben Horowitz
Jul 2010 · 11 min read
CEOs who hide bad news destroy trust and prevent their best people from solving hard problems.
EssayManaging Your Own Psychology
Ben Horowitz
Mar 2011 · 16 min read
Managing your own psychology is the hardest CEO skill, harder than organizational design or hiring, because everything wrong is your fault.
EssayThe Hardest Lessons for Startups to Learn
Paul Graham
Apr 2006 · 21 min read
The counterintuitive lessons startups repeatedly fail to learn: release early, keep improving, make users happy, and fear the right threats.
EssayStartups in 13 Sentences
Paul Graham
Feb 2009 · 6 min read
Thirteen principles for building a startup, from picking cofounders to understanding your users above all else.
VideoSam Altman explains how he decides to invest in a startup after 10 minutes
Sam Altman
Mar 2026 · 1 min read
What a 10-minute YC interview reveals about a founder's potential.
VideoMarc Andreessen on the 5 personality traits of an innovator
Marc Andreessen
Mar 2026 · 1 min read
The five personality traits that separate true innovators from everyone else.
EssayWhy We Prefer Founding CEOs
Ben Horowitz
Apr 2010 · 16 min read
Founding CEOs outperform professional CEOs at running technology companies because they innovate better.
EssayLead Bullets
Ben Horowitz
Nov 2011 · 7 min read
When facing an existential threat, stop looking for clever shortcuts and do the hard work to fix your core problem.
EssayA Good Place to Work
Ben Horowitz
Aug 2012 · 12 min read
Good companies survive crises because employees stay when they like their work, making culture an end in itself.
EssayThe Struggle
Ben Horowitz
Jun 2012 · 10 min read
The Struggle is when you know you’re in over your head, but you can’t be replaced.
EssayHappiness Is a Skill
Naval Ravikant
Mar 2021 · 23 min read
Happiness is a skill you can develop by understanding desire and recognizing what's within your control.
EssaySuper-Successful Companies
Sam Altman
5 min read
The defining traits of founders whose startups become extremely successful.
EssayThe Days Are Long But The Decades Are Short
Sam Altman
6 min read
The days are long but the decades are short—optimize for what actually matters: relationships, work you love, and time spent well.
EssayResearchers and Founders
Sam Altman
1 min read
The common traits that distinguish the best researchers and founders, from problem taste to persistence to an action bias.
EssayHow To Be Successful
Sam Altman
15 min read
Outlier success comes from compounding yourself, self-belief, independent thinking, and willingness to fail repeatedly.
EssayLife Is Short
Paul Graham
Jan 2016 · 7 min read
Life is genuinely short, and the practical response is to eliminate bullshit and do things that matter.
EssayHow to Do What You Love
Paul Graham
Jan 2006 · 21 min read
Most people are taught that work must be unpleasant, but the most successful ones have learned to do what they genuinely love.
EssayThe Risk of Discovery
Paul Graham
Jan 2017 · 1 min read
Smart people take risks that look crazy only in hindsight; Newton's work in alchemy and theology were reasonable bets in his time.
EssayRelentlessly Resourceful
Paul Graham
Mar 2009 · 4 min read
The defining quality of a successful startup founder is relentless resourcefulness.
EssaySchlep Blindness
Paul Graham
Jan 2012 · 4 min read
Great startup ideas fail because our unconscious mind avoids problems requiring tedious, difficult work.
EssayGuide to Startups, Part 1: Why not to do a startup
Marc Andreessen
Jun 2007 · 10 min read
The emotional, logistical, and interpersonal reasons why starting a company is much harder than most people realize.