Sam Altman
Sam Altman
Samuel H. "Sam" Altmanis an American entrepreneur, programmer, venture capitalist and blogger. He is the president of Y Combinator and co-chairman of OpenAI...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
world path needs
You certainly don't need to have everything figured out in the path from here to world domination.
ideas ambitious remember
Remember that the idea will expand, and become more ambitious as you go.
thinking long advantage
Long term thinking is so rare anywhere, but especially in startups. This is a huge advantage if you do it.
exercise missing today
Even though plans themselves are worthless, the exercise of planning is very valuable and totally missing in most startups today.
giving-up believe way
If you don't love and believe in what you're building, you're likely to give up at some point along the way.
average people
It really is true that you become an average of the people you spend the most time with.
crazy ideas want
You want an idea about what you can say. I know it sounds like a bad idea but here's specifically why its actually a great one. You want to sound crazy but you want to ask to be right.
support important derivatives
You'll get more support on a hard, important, project than a derivative one.
people helping advantage
A third advantage of mission oriented companies, is that people outside the company are more willing to help you.
years
Good startups usually take 10 years.
missing world being-the-best
Aim to be the best in the world at whatever you do professionally. Even if you miss, you'll probably end up in a pretty good place.
pain matter way
There's no way I know, to get through the pain of a startup without belief that the mission really matters.
people portal search-engine
The thirteenth search engine- and without all the features of a web portal, most people thought that was pointless.
years like-you easy
It's really easy to get PR with no results & it actually feels like you're really actually cool, but in a year you'll still have nothing.