Paul Graham ( born 13 November 1964) is an English born computer scientist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author, and blogger. He is best known for his work on Lisp, his former startup Viaweb (later renamed “Yahoo! Store”), co-founding the influential startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, his blog, and Hacker News. He is the author of several programming books, such as: On Lisp (1993), ANSI Common Lisp (1995), and Hackers & Painters (2004). Technology journalist Steven Levy has described Graham as a ‘hacker philosopher’.
Co-Founder of YC – Y Combinator
“Y Combinator provides seed funding for startups. Seed funding is the earliest stage of venture funding. It pays your expenses while you’re getting started.”
Hacker’s Book
Essays by Paul Graham:
- Before The Startup
- 13 Sentences
- Ideas for Startups
- How to get Startup ideas
- How to make wealth
- How to start a Startup
- Great Hackers
- Schlep Blindness
- Why to not not start a Startup
- The Hacker’s Guide to Investors