The Anatomy of Determination

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September 2009

Like all investors, we spend a lot of time trying to learn how to predict which startups will succeed. We probably spend more time thinking about it than most, because we invest the earliest. Prediction is usually all we have to rely on.

The Anatomy of Determination

I can't think of any field in which determination is overrated, but the relative importance of determination and talent probably do vary somewhat. There's one other major component of determination: ambition. But only a bit: willfulness, discipline,

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Category: Paul Graham Essays