essay "Do Things that Don't Scale"
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The essay "Do Things that Don't Scale" is a widely cited startup essay by Paul Graham that argues early-stage founders should focus on intensive, unscalable efforts—like personally recruiting users—to achieve initial traction and product-market fit.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23045923 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: essay "Do Things that Don't Scale" Context triple: [Paul Graham, notableWork, essay "Do Things that Don't Scale"]
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A.
23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism
23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism is a popular economics book by Ha-Joon Chang that challenges mainstream free-market assumptions through accessible, myth-busting essays.
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B.
Don’t Quit Your Day Job!
Don’t Quit Your Day Job! is a studio album by the hip hop group Consequence, showcasing his witty lyricism and personal storytelling over soulful, sample-driven production.
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C.
The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working
The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working is a business and self-help book by Tony Schwartz that argues for managing energy rather than time to improve performance, health, and satisfaction at work.
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D.
Parkinson’s law of triviality
Parkinson’s law of triviality is the adage that people in organizations tend to give disproportionate attention and time to trivial issues while neglecting more important, complex matters.
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E.
Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About
Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About is a reflective book by Donald E. Knuth in which he discusses the philosophical, spiritual, and personal dimensions underlying his life and work in computer science.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: essay "Do Things that Don't Scale" Target entity description: The essay "Do Things that Don't Scale" is a widely cited startup essay by Paul Graham that argues early-stage founders should focus on intensive, unscalable efforts—like personally recruiting users—to achieve initial traction and product-market fit.
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A.
23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism
23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism is a popular economics book by Ha-Joon Chang that challenges mainstream free-market assumptions through accessible, myth-busting essays.
-
B.
Don’t Quit Your Day Job!
Don’t Quit Your Day Job! is a studio album by the hip hop group Consequence, showcasing his witty lyricism and personal storytelling over soulful, sample-driven production.
-
C.
The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working
The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working is a business and self-help book by Tony Schwartz that argues for managing energy rather than time to improve performance, health, and satisfaction at work.
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D.
Parkinson’s law of triviality
Parkinson’s law of triviality is the adage that people in organizations tend to give disproportionate attention and time to trivial issues while neglecting more important, complex matters.
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E.
Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About
Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About is a reflective book by Donald E. Knuth in which he discusses the philosophical, spiritual, and personal dimensions underlying his life and work in computer science.
- F. None of above. chosen
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