Paul Graham

One of the most thoughtful analyses I've read recently:

Y Combinator likes to fund startups that grow organically out of their founders' lives. If you really want to understand YC, read this, which explains how YC grew out of Jessica's.

"A lot of people think that they need to bring a bunch of energy and pizzazz and sizzle and shark-tankiness to a pitch. You don't. You actually stand out by being concise and easy to understand."

"On the central and northern regions, hard coral cover reached 33% and 36% this year, respectively, the highest level recorded in the past 36 years of monitoring, the report said."