Paul Graham: “The component of entrepreneurship that really matters is domain expertise”
Paul Graham advises aspiring startup founders to "learn powerful things" in college and develop real domain expertise driven by genuine intellectual curiosity. He argues that domain expertise (illustrated by Larry Page's interest in search) is the crucial component of entrepreneurship and that starting a startup should be an "ulterior motive" introduced after pursuing curiosity. His distilled advice: "Just learn."
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