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Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 19 August 2011 10:43:58PM 4 points [-]

This has got to be the most ignorant quote I have even seen from Graham. If it is "no great mystery" and doesn't require study, then why do so many fail at it?

Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 19 August 2011 11:38:44PM 1 point [-]

Thinking through Graham's essays an example that comes to mind is being so excited about your own product that you fail to see that it has no market. He claims that most successful startups change their product entirely at least once.

Comment author: atucker 20 August 2011 01:08:19AM 0 points [-]

I think the ignorance depends on the target audience of the quote.

For normal people, its actually a fairly large insight. Starting a business isn't impossible, you just need to get paid to do something.

For entrepreneurs who already know that starting a business is possible, its pretty useless. Of course you're trying to get paid, the question is how.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 20 August 2011 01:40:05AM 2 points [-]

Right, and playing professional basketball isn't impossible; you just need to throw a ball through a hoop.