Paul Graham's investment philosophy focuses exclusively on upside potential and how large companies can become, not on downside risk or what could go wrong, which is the correct mindset for seed investing because losers are irrelevant—only power-law winners matter.

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Ryan Peterson

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His main thing is not he doesn't look at the downside and what could go wrong. He only looks at what could go right and that's like for a seed investor the obviously correct way because the losers don't matter.

Source

Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport into a $3B Logistics GiantThe Knowledge Project Podcast
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:11:38 PM

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