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Paul Graham

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Paul Graham is a partner at Y Combinator.

He is also the author of On Lisp (1993), ANSI Common Lisp (1995), and Hackers & Painters (2004). In 1995, he and Robert Morris started Viaweb, the first ASP, which in 1998 became Yahoo! Store. In 2002 he discovered a simple spam filtering algorithm that inspired the current generation of filters.

Graham has a B.A. from Cornell. He earned an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Applied Sciences (specializing in computer science) from Harvard, and studied painting at Rhode Island School of Design and the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence.

Recent Milestones

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  Paul Graham invested in ClassDojo. (8/15/12)
  Posted 8/15/12 at 5:57pm via techcrunch.com
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  Paul Graham invested in Trigger. (1/17/12)
  Posted 1/17/12 at 8:49pm via finsmes.com
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  Paul Graham — Named one of Time Magazine's top 25 most influential people on the web (2008) (9/30/08)
  Posted 9/30/08 at 11:34am via businessweek.com
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  Paul Graham invested in webmynd. (9/1/08)
  Posted 1/27/08 at 11:47pm
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  Paul Graham invested in Octopart. (5/12/08)
  Posted 3/14/08 at 12:35pm
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  Paul Graham invested in AppJet. (8/1/07)
  Posted 11/18/08 at 8:43pm
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  Paul Graham invested in Infinity Box. (4/1/06)
  Posted 2/5/08 at 2:44pm via mixergy.com
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  Paul Graham added a position as N/A at Evolving.
  Posted 10/11/10 at 5:35am
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  Paul Graham added a position as Advisor at 280 North.
  Posted 8/24/10 at 12:20pm
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  Paul Graham added a position as Partner at Y Combinator.
  Posted 2/21/08 at 3:02pm
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  Paul Graham added a position as Partner at YCombinator.
  Posted 8/5/09 at 11:41am
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  Paul Graham added to Skepsu.
  Posted 2/18/10 at 3:00pm
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  Paul Graham added a position as Founder & CEO at Alocet.
  Posted 2/14/13 at 7:15pm

Investments

Videos

Sources

The 25 Most Influential People on the Web (images.businessweek.com) [edit]
1. ClassDojo Lands $1.6M From Paul Graham, Ron Conway To Help Teachers Control Their Classrooms (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Trigger Raises $1M in Seed Round of Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
3. VentureWire [edit]
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6. How Wufoo Turned A Profit In 9 Months By Selling Slick, Simple Forms – with Kevin Hale (mixergy.com) [edit]