That’s compatible with the thesis though. Read past the headline.
replyHe says good founders learn actual stuff at college and get good at something, without any ambition to make it profitable initially.
It's... not? He's describing how to cultivate founders in university. I'm saying that it's not what a university should be focused on.
replyA startup is not a technical project, it's an organisational endeavour. They don't live or die by the product alone, but by the market demand, organisational robustness and a little bit of luck.
Exactly. Answer: How universities of yore have “prepared” founders thus far. The premise of PG’s otherwise insightful prose is on shaky ground - or at the very least - debatable.
reply(I hope PG isn’t outsourcing his thinking to some agentic workflow.)
Although in principle I agree, cultivating founders could be an added mission.
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