from Paul Graham | by Paul Graham

The first step to starting a startup has nothing to do with "entrepreneurship." It's to develop deep technical expertise of some sort, so that you look at the world with informed eyes.

What sort of technical expertise should you develop? Whatever you find most interesting. Don't try to second guess your own curiosity. It's smarter than your conscious mind.

And err on the side of having a broad definition of technical expertise. It doesn't just mean math and science and engineering. Though those are always good bets.