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Paul Graham is an English-American computer scientist, essayist, entrepreneur and investor who helped define how modern startups are built and funded. In 1996 he co-founded Viaweb with Robert Morris, an early web-based store builder that became Yahoo! Store, and he later co-founded Y Combinator, the startup accelerator and seed-capital firm. He also created the programming language Arc and launched Hacker News, the go-to discussion site for the tech community. His books include On Lisp (1993), ANSI Common Lisp and Hackers & Painters (2004), and his long-running essays on startups, programming and ideas are read across Silicon Valley and beyond. Graham holds a philosophy degree from Cornell plus a master's and a PhD in computer science from Harvard, and he also trained as a painter in Rhode Island and in Florence, a mix that shows in his thinking about craft and creativity. Technology writer Steven Levy dubbed him a hacker philosopher. Audiences get clear, contrarian insight on founding companies, spotting good ideas, writing well and building products people genuinely want.
- Born in Weymouth
- Notable work: Arc, Hacker News, Hackers & Painters
- Category: Speaker
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