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YC founder Paul Graham on why he doesn’t like college-age founders

“Founders who are too young are engaging in premature optimization. When you’re in high school, even in college, you should be figuring out what the options are, not picking one option and running with it,” said Y Combinator founder Paul Graham in a new interview posted by the US accelerator.

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