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
cool
Check-ins are cool, but kind of a pain.
deeply either immersed life running throughout
All throughout my life I have been deeply immersed in startups, either because I was running one or investing in them or helping them.
companies people recommend
All companies that grow really big do so in only one way: people recommend the product or service to other people.
great likely
AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies.
love people
A lot of people don't love their bank.
balance cannot community great learn truly
If the Reddit community cannot learn to balance authenticity and compassion, it may be a great website, but it will never be a truly great community.
behind computer good reduction screens
The reduction in compassion that happens when we're all behind computer screens is not good for the world.
generate good sustained
The only way to generate sustained exponential growth is to make whatever you're making sufficiently good.
believe
I believe that sexism in tech is a real problem.
beach dive europe island love scuba sit staying stuff summers
There is a lot of stuff I like. I love backpacking. I love going to an island where I can just sit on the beach and read or scuba dive and sail. I do a lot of that. I still go backpacking around Europe in the summers and staying in hostels. I love that.
hire sake
Don't hire for the sake of hiring. Hire because there is no other way to do what you want to do.
companies money ought profitable round urge
One of the things we urge Y-Combinator companies to do is to have profitability in grasp. If you need to get profitable before your A round of money, you ought to be able to do that.
calling certainly pick suppose
I suppose if I didn't have Loopt, I'd have to, I don't know, pick up the phone and just start calling people, a lot more texting and certainly more Googling.
frugality
That culture of frugality and discipline is really important for the Y Combinator mindset.