YC co-founder schools Indian over advice on when not to start a company

Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham's reply to an Indian entrepreneur's tweet has gone viral.

An Indian entrepreneur shared a tweet listing reasons which shouldn’t motivate one to start a company. While his post has prompted a series of responses, one of them has piqued people’s attention. It is the response of billionaire co-founder of Y Combinator, Paul Graham.

In a tweet, the Indian founder advised people not to start a company if they are primarily driven by motivations such as “making money,” “getting famous,” “outdoing others,” or “calling oneself CEO or founder.”

“Only do it if you're crazy enough to do whatever it takes to solve a problem you deeply care about,” the founder added.

Reacting to the post, Graham tweeted, “Actually those are all legitimate motivations. I started