# Paul Graham

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Updated: 2026-09-20

Paul Graham co-founded Y Combinator and has written a long-running series of essays on startups. His best work here is about growth as a defining property and the manual work required before a scalable loop exists.

Source: https://paulgraham.com/articles.html

Biography comes from Paul Graham's public site and Y Combinator history; portrait resolves from his public X profile via Unavatar. Checked September 19, 2026.

## Referenced in 101

- [Startup = Growth](https://paulgraham.com/growth.html) — A startup is defined by the intention and ability to grow quickly, which forces a search for a market and distribution mechanism large enough to compound.
- [Do things that don't scale](https://paulgraham.com/ds.html) — Early growth often begins with manual recruiting, delight and close observation; the founder learns the loop before automating it.

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