<story><title>Paul Graham, it’s time to put your money where your mouth is</title><url>http://blog.helioid.com/2012/03/paul-grahams-frighteningly-ambitious-ideas/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>akkartik</author><text>He&apos;s missing a subtlety in the essay. Even if the eventual vision is ambitious, don&apos;t tackle it head-on. Start with something that looks like a toy.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;Don&apos;t try to construct the future like a building, because your current blueprint is almost certainly mistaken.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Paul Graham, it’s time to put your money where your mouth is</title><url>http://blog.helioid.com/2012/03/paul-grahams-frighteningly-ambitious-ideas/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>cperciva</author><text>I think there&apos;s some selection bias going on here.  Companies which aim to do frighteningly ambitious things are less likely to launch, and most of us only ever hear about the YC companies which launch.&lt;p&gt;Just based on counting noses it&apos;s clear that there&apos;s a bunch of YC companies every year which vanish without a trace; I&apos;m sure many of them were failed runs at frighteningly ambitious ideas.</text></comment>