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Guide to Career Planning, Part 2: Skills and educationEssay

Guide 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.

CEOs Should Tell It Like It IsEssay

CEOs 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.

Managing Your Own PsychologyEssay

Managing 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.

The Hardest Lessons for Startups to LearnEssay

The 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.

Startups in 13 SentencesEssay

Startups 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.

Sam Altman explains how he decides to invest in a startup after 10 minutesVideo

Sam 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.

Marc Andreessen on the 5 personality traits of an innovatorVideo

Marc 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.

Why We Prefer Founding CEOsEssay

Why We Prefer Founding CEOs

Ben Horowitz

Apr 2010 · 16 min read

Founding CEOs outperform professional CEOs at running technology companies because they innovate better.

Lead BulletsEssay

Lead 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.

A Good Place to WorkEssay

A 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.

The StruggleEssay

The 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.

Happiness Is a SkillEssay

Happiness 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.

Super-Successful CompaniesEssay

Super-Successful Companies

Sam Altman

5 min read

The defining traits of founders whose startups become extremely successful.

The Days Are Long But The Decades Are ShortEssay

The 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.

Researchers and FoundersEssay

Researchers 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.

How To Be SuccessfulEssay

How To Be Successful

Sam Altman

15 min read

Outlier success comes from compounding yourself, self-belief, independent thinking, and willingness to fail repeatedly.

Life Is ShortEssay

Life 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.

How to Do What You LoveEssay

How 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.

The Risk of DiscoveryEssay

The 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.

Relentlessly ResourcefulEssay

Relentlessly Resourceful

Paul Graham

Mar 2009 · 4 min read

The defining quality of a successful startup founder is relentless resourcefulness.

Schlep BlindnessEssay

Schlep Blindness

Paul Graham

Jan 2012 · 4 min read

Great startup ideas fail because our unconscious mind avoids problems requiring tedious, difficult work.

Guide to Startups, Part 1: Why not to do a startupEssay

Guide 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.