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
team numbers advice
By the way, that's my number one piece of advice if you're going to join a startup: pick a rocket ship.
team years people
To get the very best people- they have a lot of great options, and so it can easily take a year to recruit someone.
team two twenties
... for the top twenty most valuable YC companies, all of them have at least two founders.
team winning feel-good
A winning team feels good and keeps winning. A team that hasn't won in a while gets demotivated and keeps losing.
team solo rate
... We probably funded a rate of something like one out of ten solo teams.
momentum prime
So always keep momentum, it's this prime directive for managing a startup.
team solo founders
It's better to have no cofounder than to have a bad cofounder, but it's still bad to be a solo founder.
team college thinking
If you're not in college and you don't know a cofounder, the next best thing I think is to go work at an interesting company.
team track records
The track record for founders that don't already know each other is really bad.
team people treats
A lot of people treat choosing their cofounder with even less importance than they put on hiring. Don't do this.
team numbers causes
In YC's case, the number one cause of early death for startups is cofounder blowups.
team important company
Cofounder relationships are among the most important in the entire company.
writing easier release
Press releases are easier to write than code, and that is still easier than making a great product.
real worry thumbs
Here's a good rule of thumb: don't worry about a competitor at all, until they're actually beating you with a real shipped product.