Paul Graham
The following is a comprehensive compilation of Paul Graham's writings, articles, and interviews.
BooksMay 2003Hackers and PaintersPresentationsMarch 2005Paul Graham - How to Start a StartupAugust 2005DEF CON 13 - Paul Graham, Inequality and Risk2008Paul Graham at Startup School 08July 2013Keynote: Paul Graham, YCombinatorOctober 2014Before the Startup with Paul Graham (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 3)October 2014Lecture 3 - Before the Startup (Paul Graham)April 2016Paul Graham Keynote Speech At OPT412March 2026Paul Graham, Founder, Y CombinatorMay 2026Paul Graham, Founder of Y Combinator, Live from StockholmArticles1993Programming Bottom-UpApril 2001Beating the AveragesApril 2001Java's CoverApril 2001Lisp for Web-Based ApplicationsMay 2001Being PopularMay 2001Five Questions about Language DesignMay 2001The Roots of LispSeptember 2001The Other Road AheadDecember 2001What Made Lisp DifferentFebruary 2002Taste for MakersFebruary 2002What Languages FixFebruary 2002Why Arc Isn't Especially Object-OrientedMay 2002Revenge of the NerdsMay 2002Succinctness is PowerAugust 2002A Plan for SpamJanuary 2003Better Bayesian FilteringJanuary 2003Design and ResearchFebruary 2003Why Nerds are UnpopularApril 2003The Hundred-Year LanguageMay 2003If Lisp is So GreatAugust 2003Filters that Fight BackJanuary 2004What You Can't SayApril 2004The Word "Hacker"May 2004How to Make WealthMay 2004Mind the GapJuly 2004Great HackersAugust 2004The Python ParadoxSeptember 2004The Age of the EssaySeptember 2004What the Bubble Got RightOctober 2004A Version 1.0November 2004Bradley's GhostNovember 2004It's Charisma, StupidNovember 2004Made in USAJanuary 2005What You'll Wish You'd KnownMarch 2005A Unified Theory of VC SuckageMarch 2005How to Start a StartupMarch 2005Return of the MacMarch 2005UndergraduationMarch 2005Writing, BrieflyApril 2005The SubmarineApril 2005Why Smart People Have Bad IdeasMay 2005Hiring is ObsoleteAugust 2005After the LadderAugust 2005Inequality and RiskAugust 2005What Business Can Learn from Open SourceOctober 2005Ideas for StartupsOctober 2005What I Did this SummerNovember 2005How to Fund a StartupNovember 2005The Venture Capital SqueezeNovember 2005Web 2.0December 2005Good and Bad ProcrastinationMarch 20066,631,372March 2006Are Software Patents Evil?March 2006Why YCApril 2006See RandomnessApril 2006The Hardest Lessons for Startups to LearnMay 2006How to Be Silicon ValleyMay 2006Why Startups Condense in AmericaJune 2006The Power of the MarginalJuly 2006Copy What You LikeJuly 2006The Island TestAugust 2006How to Present to InvestorsOctober 2006A Student's Guide to StartupsOctober 2006The 18 Mistakes That Kill StartupsJanuary 2007Learning from FoundersFebruary 2007Is It Worth Being Wise?March 2007Why to Not Not Start a StartupApril 2007Microsoft is DeadApril 2007The Hacker's Guide to InvestorsApril 2007Two Kinds of JudgementMay 2007An Alternative Theory of UnionsJuly 2007StuffJuly 2007The Equity EquationAugust 2007Holding a Program in One's HeadAugust 2007How Not to DieSeptember 2007How to Do PhilosophySeptember 2007News from the FrontOctober 2007The Future of Web StartupsOctober 2007Why to Move to a Startup HubFebruary 2008Six Principles for Making New ThingsFebruary 2008TrollsMarch 2008A New Venture AnimalMarch 2008How to DisagreeMarch 2008You Weren't Meant to Have a BossApril 2008Be GoodApril 2008How Art Can Be GoodApril 2008Some HeroesApril 2008Why There Aren't More GooglesMay 2008Cities and AmbitionMay 2008Disconnecting DistractionMay 2008Lies We Tell KidsJuly 2008The Pooled-Risk Company Management CompanyAugust 2008A Fundraising Survival GuideOctober 2008Why to Start a Startup in a Bad EconomyNovember 2008The Other Half of "Artists Ship"December 2008After CredentialsDecember 2008Could VC be a Casualty of the Recession?December 2008The High-Res SocietyFebruary 2009Can You Buy a Silicon Valley? Maybe.February 2009Keep Your Identity SmallFebruary 2009Startups in 13 SentencesFebruary 2009What I've Learned from Hacker NewsMarch 2009How to Be an Angel InvestorMarch 2009Relentlessly ResourcefulMarch 2009Why TV LostApril 2009A Local Revolution?April 2009Five FoundersApril 2009The Founder VisaApril 2009Why Twitter is a Big DealJuly 2009Maker's Schedule, Manager's ScheduleJuly 2009Ramen ProfitableJuly 2009The Trouble with the SegwayAugust 2009What Kate Saw in Silicon ValleySeptember 2009Persuade xor DiscoverSeptember 2009Post-Medium PublishingSeptember 2009The Anatomy of DeterminationSeptember 2009The List of N ThingsOctober 2009What Startups Are Really LikeNovember 2009Apple's MistakeApril 2010Organic Startup IdeasJuly 2010How to Lose Time and MoneyJuly 2010The Acceleration of AddictivenessJuly 2010The Top Idea in Your MindAugust 2010The Future of Startup FundingAugust 2010What Happened to YahooSeptember 2010High Resolution FundraisingOctober 2010The New Funding LandscapeOctober 2010What We Look for in FoundersOctober 2010Where to See Silicon ValleyDecember 2010Founder ControlDecember 2010TabletsMarch 2011Subject: AirbnbAugust 2011The Patent PledgeOctober 2011Why Startup Hubs WorkJanuary 2012A Word to the ResourcefulJanuary 2012Schlep BlindnessJanuary 2012Snapshot: Viaweb, June 1998March 2012Defining PropertyMarch 2012Frighteningly Ambitious Startup IdeasMarch 2012How Y Combinator StartedMarch 2012Writing and SpeakingApril 2012The Top of My Todo ListSeptember 2012Black Swan FarmingSeptember 2012Startup = GrowthOctober 2012The Hardware RenaissanceNovember 2012How to Get Startup IdeasJuly 2013Do Things that Don't ScaleAugust 2013How to Convince InvestorsAugust 2013Investor Herd DynamicsSeptember 2013How to Raise MoneyFebruary 2014Sam Altman for PresidentOctober 2014Before the StartupNovember 2014Mean People FailDecember 2014How You KnowDecember 2014How to Be an Expert in a Changing WorldDecember 2014Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers InDecember 2014The Fatal PinchJanuary 2015Don't Talk to Corp DevJanuary 2015The Ronco PrincipleJanuary 2015What Doesn't Seem Like Work?February 2015What Microsoft Is this the Altair Basic of?August 2015Change Your NameAugust 2015Why It's Safe for Founders to Be NiceOctober 2015A Way to Detect BiasOctober 2015Default Alive or Default Dead?October 2015Write Like You TalkNovember 2015Jessica LivingstonJanuary 2016Economic InequalityJanuary 2016Life is ShortJanuary 2016The RefragmentationApril 2016How to Make Pittsburgh a Startup HubNovember 2016This Year We Can End the Death Penalty in CaliforniaJanuary 2017Charisma / PowerJanuary 2017The Risk of DiscoverySeptember 2017General and SurprisingNovember 2019The Bus Ticket Theory of GeniusDecember 2019Fashionable ProblemsDecember 2019Having KidsDecember 2019The Lesson to UnlearnDecember 2019The Two Kinds of ModerateJanuary 2020Being a NoobJanuary 2020HatersFebruary 2020How to Write UsefullyApril 2020Coronavirus and CredibilityJuly 2020Orthodox PrivilegeJuly 2020The Four Quadrants of ConformismAugust 2020Modeling a Wealth TaxOctober 2020Early WorkNovember 2020How to Think for YourselfDecember 2020Billionaires BuildDecember 2020EarnestnessDecember 2020The AirbnbsDecember 2020The AirbnbsFebruary 2021What I Worked OnMarch 2021Donate UnrestrictedMarch 2021Write SimplyApril 2021How People Get Rich NowApril 2021The Real Reason to End the Death PenaltyMay 2021An NFT That Saves LivesMay 2021Crazy New IdeasMay 2021Fierce NerdsJune 2021A Project of One's OwnJune 2021How to Work HardAugust 2021Weird LanguagesOctober 2021Beyond SmartNovember 2021Is There Such a Thing as Good Taste?February 2022Putting Ideas into WordsApril 2022HeresyApril 2022Novelty and HeresySeptember 2022What I've Learned from UsersOctober 2022Alien TruthNovember 2022The Need to ReadNovember 2022What You (Want to)* WantJanuary 2023How to Get New IdeasJuly 2023How to Do Great WorkOctober 2023Superlinear ReturnsMarch 2024How to Start GoogleMarch 2024The Best EssayMarch 2024The RedditsMarch 2024The RedditsJuly 2024The Right Kind of StubbornSeptember 2024Founder ModeOctober 2024Writes and Write-NotsJanuary 2025The Origins of WokenessMarch 2025How to Do What You LoveMarch 2025What to DoMarch 2025When To Do What You LoveMay 2025Good WritingJune 2025The Shape of the Essay FieldMarch 2026The Brand AgeMay 2026How to Convert Between Wealth and Income TaxInterviewsSeptember 2006An Interview with Investor Paul Graham of Y CombinatorMarch 2011Fireside Chat: Money and passionJune 2011Y Combinator's Graham Says Startups Must Improve LivesSeptember 2011Graham Sees More Room for Women in Venture CapitalMarch 2012Y Combinator's Graham Doesn't See `Bubble' in Technology: VideoJune 2013Startup Investing TrendsOctober 2013Office Hours at Startup School 2013 with Paul Graham and Sam AltmanMarch 2014Y Combinator's Paul Graham sits down with Jason at LAUNCH Festival 2014November 2015From the Archives: Y Combinator Founders Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston on Studio 1.0 (2014)September 2018A Conversation with Paul Graham - Moderated by Geoff RalstonMarch 2020An Interview with Paul Graham, Founder of Y CombinatorSeptember 2020PR Interviews Paul Graham: The Fixed Point of Y CombinatorMay 2025Legendary Technologist and Essayist Paul Graham on Walking Into Ideas, the Test of Good Writing, and Becoming a Connoisseur of Bad Writing