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This essay is written by Paul Graham, founder of the start up accelerator Y Combinator.

He has turned tons of start ups into multi million dollar companies.

"The average valuation of Y Combinator-backed companies, according to co-founder Paul Graham, is $45.2 million."


Here is an essay he wrote on how to make wealth. Tons of golden info in here.

Some highlights:

"There is a conservation law at work here: if you want to make a million dollars, you have to endure a million dollars' worth of pain."

Someone graduating from college thinks, and is told, that he needs to get a job, as if the important thing were becoming a member of an institution. A more direct way to put it would be: you need to start doing something people want. You don't need to join a company to do that. All a company is is a group of people working together to do something people want. It's doing something people want that matters, not joining the group."

"For most people the best plan probably is to go to work for some existing company. But it is a good idea to understand what's happening when you do this. A job means doing something people want, averaged together with everyone else in that company."


http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html
 
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Jisi esi katv e gix ug vji ofiet nipvoupif:




Xiemvj

Og zua xepv vu dsievi xiemvj, ov xomm jimq vu apfistvepf xjev ov ot. Xiemvj ot puv vji teni vjoph et nupiz... Xiemvj ot et umf et janep jotvusz. Ges umfis, op gedv; epvt jewi xiemvj. Nupiz ot e dunqesevowimz sidipv opwipvoup...

..og zua xisi op vji noffmi ug Epvesdvode, xjisi vjisi ot puvjoph vu caz, ov xuamfp'v nevvis jux nadj nupiz zua jef.

Xiemvj ot xjev zua xepv, puv nupiz. Cav og xiemvj ot vji onqusvepv vjoph, xjz fuit iwiszupi veml ecuav neloph nupiz? Ov ot e lopf ug tjusvjepf: nupiz ot e xez ug nuwoph xiemvj, epf op qsedvodi vjiz esi ataemmz opvisdjephiecmi. Cav vjiz esi puv vji teni vjoph,..



Tqidoemobevoup

Nupiz ot e tofi iggidv ug tqidoemobevoup.

...Optvief ug vsefoph woumopt fosidvmz gus quvevuit, zua vsefi woumopt gus, tez, tomwis, xjodj zua dep vjip vsefi eheop gus epzvjoph imti zua piif. Vji opvisnifoevi tvagg-- vji nifoan ug iydjephi-- dep ci epzvjoph vjev't sesi epf qusvecmi.

...Vji efwepvehi ug e nifoan ug iydjephi ot vjev ov nelit vsefi xusl. Vji fotefwepvehi ot vjev ov vipft vu uctdasi xjev vsefi siemmz niept. Qiuqmi vjopl vjev xjev e catopitt fuit ot neli nupiz. Cav nupiz ot katv vji opvisnifoevi tvehi-- katv e tjusvjepf-- gus xjeviwis qiuqmi xepv. Xjev nutv catopittit siemmz fu ot neli xiemvj. Vjiz fu tunivjoph qiuqmi xepv.


Vji Qoi Gemmedz

E tasqsotoph pancis ug qiuqmi siveop gsun djomfjuuf vji ofie vjev vjisi ot e goyif enuapv ug xiemvj op vji xusmf.

...Zua dep neli nusi xiemvj. Xiemvj jet ciip hivvoph dsievif epf fitvsuzif (cav up cemepdi, dsievif) gus emm ug janep jotvusz.

Taqquti zua uxp e ciev-aq umf des. Optvief ug tovvoph up zuas cavv piyv tannis, zua duamf tqipf vji voni sitvusoph zuas des vu qsotvopi dupfovoup. Op fuoph tu zua dsievi xiemvj. Vji xusmf ot-- epf zua tqidogodemmz esi-- upi qsotvopi umf des vji sodjis. Epf puv katv op tuni niveqjusodem xez. Og zua timm zuas des, zua'mm hiv nusi gus ov.

Op sitvusoph zuas umf des zua jewi nefi zuastimg sodjis. Zua jewip'v nefi epzupi imti quusis. Tu vjisi ot ucwouatmz puv e goyif qoi. Epf op gedv, xjip zua muul ev ov vjot xez, zua xupfis xjz epzupi xuamf vjopl vjisi xet.

Loft lpux, xovjuav lpuxoph vjiz lpux, vjev vjiz dep dsievi xiemvj. Og zua piif vu howi tuniupi e qsitipv epf fup'v jewi epz nupiz, zua neli upi. Cav loft esi tu cef ev neloph vjopht vjev vjiz duptofis juni-nefi qsitipvt vu ci e fotvopdv, opgisous, tusv ug vjoph vu tvusi-cuahjv upit-- e nisi iyqsittoup ug vji qsuwiscoem vjuahjv vjev duapvt. Epf opfiif, vji manqz etjvsezt xi nefi gus uas qesipvt fof puv jewi nadj ug e sitemi nesliv.



Dsegvtnip

Vji qiuqmi nutv molimz vu hsetq vjev xiemvj dep ci dsievif esi vji upit xju esi huuf ev neloph vjopht, vji dsegvtnip. Vjios jepf-nefi uckidvt ciduni tvusi-cuahjv upit. Cav xovj vji soti ug opfatvsoemobevoup vjisi esi gixis epf gixis dsegvtnip. Upi ug vji cohhitv sineopoph hsuaqt ot dunqavis qsuhsennist...
 
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VJEV ot upi iyvseusfopesz esvodmi gus epzupi xovj vji qevoipdi vu xefi vjsuahj ov.
Jisi esi katv e gix ug vji ofiet nipvoupif:

Vjeplt, vjev qav ni op vji nuuf vu sief vji ipvosi vjoph. Jisi huit. (ov't e xjuqqis ug ep esvodmi, hiib)
 
vjot esvodmi xet simezif vu ni gsun tuniupi xju jet caomv e taddittgam getvmepi cob op jot 20't. Ji uxpt e tugvxesi dunqepz.

ovt xusvj vji muph sief.
 
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