Paul Graham Keynote Speech At OPT412
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited as the video version of his essay on making Pittsburgh a startup hub, and as a talk that persuaded at least one commenter to move there.
What it is
Paul Graham gives a keynote in his hometown of Pittsburgh, reflecting on the old and new city and arguing that it could become a startup hub.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2016 to 2019.
What Hacker News said
Recommends paulz_ · 2019-10 · on “Ask HN: What is necessary for a startup ecosystem to thrive?”
PG actually wrote an essay[0] about this a few years back. It also happens to be one of the few available on youtube[1] if you would rather watch than read. [0] [LINK] [1] [this video]
Cites georgecmu · 2016-04 · on “How to Make Pittsburgh a Startup Hub”
I was going to attend this event (mainly because of pg's participation), but regrettably had to miss it (family claimed the Saturday). Thanks for the write-up. The video of PG's keynote is available here: [this video]
Cites Kuiper · 2018-10 · on “Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atmosphere?”
I'm a full-time freelancer/remote worker. In late 2016, I made the decision to move to Pittsburgh, partly persuaded Paul Graham's talk about how Pittsburgh could become a startup hub. (PG grew up in Monroeville, 10 miles east of Pittsburgh.) Transcript: [LINK] Video: [this video] I feel really good about the decision, CMU feels like a peer of Stanford and MIT but living here is substantially cheaper than living in Cambridge or Palo Alto. (I pay ~$750 for a 1-bedroom apartment that's ~1.5 mile from CMU campus.) The legacy of Randy Pausch's Building Virtual Worlds was also a draw for me personally, as I work in game development and was coming of age when Randy Pausch's delivered his famous Last Lec