2 resources from Paul Graham (paulgraham.com) we point founders to, and the questions each answers.
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A counterweight for when you overcorrect into safe, small, derivative ideas. Graham describes why the biggest ideas often feel scary enough that founders avoid even thinking about them, which keeps the field wide open. Read it once you have the basics, to widen your sense of what is worth attempting.
Adapted from a talk at MIT, this is the clearest case that being a student is not a disqualifier. Graham is honest about where inexperience actually hurts (judging people, dealing with the wider business world) so you know which markets to avoid and which ones reward your fresh eyes. Useful for calibrating where your age is an advantage versus where a seasoned founder will simply out-execute you.
