Excerpts from Paul Graham

If we’ve learned one thing from funding so many startups, it’s that they succeed or fail based on the qualities of the founders.

Which means that what matters is who you are, not when you do it.If you’re the right sort of person, you’ll win even in a bad economy. And if you’re not, a good economy won’t save you.



Fortunately the way to make a startup recession-proof is to do exactly what you should do… Continue