Paul Graham advised us that it's better to have 100 customers who love your product than a million who just like it, emphasizing the importance of passionate advocates.

Paul Graham advised us to focus on a few users who truly love our product rather than trying to appeal to a larger audience, emphasizing the importance of building strong relationships with early adopters.

At Y Combinator, we advise founders to focus on creating a product that 100 people love rather than something that 1 million people merely like, as those 100 passionate users can become your viral sales force.

It's better to have a small group of passionate users who love your product than a large number who are indifferent. When launching your MVP, it's okay to do things that don't scale to build relationships with initial customers.

I often advise startups that it's better to seek deep appeal and create something that a few people love, even if most people don't get it right away.

Startups need to build a product that users love, focusing on a few passionate users rather than a large number of indifferent ones.

Paul Graham's advice to focus on immediate problems rather than scalability encourages founders to prioritize getting their first customers and building their initial product.

Instead of finding a ton of people who like your product, focus on finding 10 to 20 customers who truly love it, as growth comes from great products, not the other way around.

I learned from Paul Graham that clarity, precision, and density in writing are crucial; his essays inspired a generation of startup founders, including myself.