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Alex Stacenko

Paul Graham essays on all languages - Empower next 2B+ people serendiply encounter PG wisdom

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There are about 3 billion people in the world who able to read PG essays. Other can't.

So was I, until I met translation. This was the starting point on the path of startups.

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Alex Stacenko
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If we translate (or find and put in one place) the most popular PG essay into the top 20 languages, it will help another 2B+ people read essays and get on the path of startups. Languages by total number of speakers: English - 1.348 billion Chinese - 1.120 billion Hindi - 600 million Spanish - 543 million Arabic - 274 million Bengali - 268 million French - 267 million Russian - 258 million Portuguese - 258 million Urdu - 230 million Indonesian - 199 million German - 135 million Japanese - 126 million Marathi - 99 million Telugu - 96 million Turkish - 88 million Tamil - 85.5 million Korean - 82 million Vietnamese - 77 million Hausa - 75 million Italian - 68 million
Levi Gleb Raskin
@alexstacenko Wow! Such a great idea! And essays of PG are very impressive!
Uladzimir Yankovich
@alexstacenko Alex, thank you for your contribution to the development of the startup industry in the CIS, and now all over the world!
Stanley Satyukov
Alex, Startups Global Community will really appreciate your contribution! Thank you!