"How not to die" - article by Yahoo Stores and Ycombinator inventor Paul Graham

How not to die - article by Yahoo Stores and Ycombinator inventor Paul Graham


How not to die is a very thought provoking piece in title and concept. Written by Paul Graham, an expert on micro-finance and micro-entrepreneurship, it sounds a clarion call for economic survival in the hardscrabble world of Internet startups. It may just be the formula we need to rebuild our production base in the Information Age.

If a speech of this nature were to be given by the President of the United States an economic analogy with the Gettysburg Address would not be out of line. Candidates, are you listening?

Those who would rebuild the production base of the Information Age and who still believe in Yankee Ingenuity applaud Mr. Graham's fighting spirit.

Our economy got to where it is today (10.09.2008) in the complete opposite way you get to Carnegie Hall. Neglect. Neglect. Neglect. While the fiduciaries and legislators have been asleep at the switch, or worse, the production base has been expeditiously dismantled for export. Like Japan re-building after WW II, we survivors of WW III (The Cold War) must look to leaders like W. Edwards Deming and Paul Graham for the formula to rebuild out of Cold War ashes.

The subject is so important that, from time to time, we will point domains such as www.SurvivorWorks.com and www.StartUpWorks.com to a post dedicated to this subject..