Ask HN: Who is your role model for startups besides Paul Graham?

Lots, but for I'd go for Patrick McKenzie for someone I could realistically emulate. Because 1) He hasn't achieved the oh-my-god millions and millions kind of success, but something more realistic and reachable, 2) He's constantly trying to help everyone else to do it, too, and 3) He is continuing to build upon his earlier success and continues to improve. Oh, and 4) He's doing it on time constraints similar to my own. Thanks, Patrick--I hope to follow in your footsteps.

Since childhood, Steve Jobs. For too many reasons to mention.

Steve Pavlina. As much as I hate his idiotic articles, he slammed himself in deep levels of crap and then got out gloriously :)

John Britten http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Britten

Jim Clark. Read "The New New Thing"

BTW, the question implies PG is a role model for me. As awesome as he is, he's not.

plentyoffish, balsamiq and other single founder guys

of course, single-founder startup is romanticized only by fool, like me ^@^

I've learned a lot from Philip Greenspun.

DHH