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Paul Graham
@paulg

The most common mistake in YC applications is describing the market before the user. Tell me the one person who desperately wants this. If you can't name them, the market size is zero.

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Posted10:48 AM · Aug 12, 2026
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Weighted score
52/100
×1.2 liftvs raw baseline 43
Rank 6 of 1,284 · 30d
Contribution by typeIndex points · sum 52
  • Quotes
    21
  • Reposts
    13
  • Replies
    8
  • Likes
    10
Index points = action share × author influence, summed per type; bars scale to 100
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ContributorsRanked by points
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Influence
Action
Cluster
Followers
Points
  • Garry Tan avatar@garrytan
    76STRONG
    Quoted
    VCs
    547K
    +7
  • Sam Altman avatar@sama
    84HIGH
    Reposted
    Founders
    3.1M
    +6
  • Patrick Collison avatar@patrickc
    82HIGH
    Replied
    Founders
    604K
    +4
  • + 59,067 others
    +35
Reached clustersShare of VIP impressions
  • Founders57%
  • VCs23%
  • Media8%
  • Hedge Funds8%
  • Other4%