# What I've Learned from Users

<http://paulgraham.com/users.html>

- Host: [paulgraham.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/paulgraham.com/)
- Saved: September 22, 2022 (2022-09-22T21:58:25Z)
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- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b116752cc675.json

## What Jamie wrote

Graham sharing insights that he's learned from working with so many startups through the Y Combinator program. While this advise is framed for "founders", I think it can apply to many people in a variety of functions. 

I loved this part:

> A small improvement in navigational ability can make you a lot faster, because it has a double effect: the path is shorter, and you can travel faster along it when you're more certain it's the right one. That's where a lot of YC's value lies, in helping founders get an extra increment of focus that lets them move faster. And since moving fast is the essence of a startup, YC in effect makes startups more startup-like.
> 
> Speed defines startups. Focus enables speed. YC improves focus.

Speed is something to be cherished. Moving quickly, you get more chances to be right. Making sure you are on the shortest path is a good reminder to look up and around to check regularly.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT227: Weekly Thing #227 / Attention, Minnedemo, Learning](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/227/), Notable

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