Stratapedia/Sources/Do Things that Don't ScaleDo Things that Don't ScalePaul GrahamEssay·2024Do Things that Don't Scaleby Paul GrahamEditorial policyFormatEssayYear2024AuthorPaul GrahamFrameworks extracted4About this sourceAn essay by Paul Graham on the importance of doing things that don't scale in the early stages of a startup.Frameworks extracted4 totalENTweeksVectorThink of startup ideas as pairsENTmonthsManualDo it yourselfENTweeksConsultAct as a consultant to your usersENTmonthsMerakiAssemble it yourself