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
focus growth maintaining
Growth and momentum are what a startup lives on and you always have to focus on maintaining these.
communication struggle said
... why I said cofounders that aren't friends really struggle, is that you can't be focused without good communication.
way done situation
The way you get deals done and the way you get good terms, is to have a competitive situation.
common cases company
The most common post YC failure case for the companies we fund, is they're incredibly focussed during YC on their company... and after they start doing a lot of other things. They advise companies, they go to conferences, whatever.
track focus way
Losing focus is another way that founders get off track.
commitment long people
Because so few people make an actual long term commitment to what they're building, the ones that do have a huge advantage.
running want sake
You want to continue to be run by great products, not process for it's own sake.
execution speed relentless
One of the biggest advantages that start ups have is execution speed, and you have to have this relentless operating rhythm.
hard-work enough hard
Most startups are not nearly focussed enough. They work hard...maybe, but they don't work hard on the right things.
trying credit starting
One of the great and terrible things about starting a start up is that you get no credit for trying.
want care hard
You only get points when you make something the market wants. So if you work really hard on the wrong things, no one will care.
goal given founders
Most good founders that I know at any given time have a set of small overarching goals for the company that everybody in the company knows.
thinking keys goal
Whatever the founder cares about, whatever the founders think are the key goals, that's going to be what the whole company focusses on.
communication really-great great-communication
You can't be focussed without really great communication