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
trying quality execution
Stay focused and don't try to do too many things at once. Care about execution quality.
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You need to have a culture where people have very high quality standards in everything the company does, but still move quickly.
moving quality posters
Facebook has this famous poster that says move fast and break things. But at the same time they manage to be obsessed with quality.
moving quality easy
It's easy to move fast or be obsessed with quality, but the trick is you have to do both at a startup.
quality products
Obsess about the quality of the product.
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With Loopt Star, consumers get to tap interactive rewards wherever they may be.
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The start-ups that do well are the ones that are working all the time.
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Being a public company is really terrible for most companies. I'd say Facebook and Google have done a pretty good job of standing up to the incredible quarterly pressure to hit numbers, but most companies - and I've observed a lot now - don't do a very good job of that.
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The thing about Y Combinator that's cool is that most companies won't happen if we don't fund them.
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Technology magnifies differences, and it's been replacing or obviating jobs for a long time. But what happens as that case accelerates? I'm not one of these doomsayers who says, 'There will be no jobs.'
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Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups.
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Seed investing is the status symbol of Silicon Valley. Most people don't want Ferraris, they want a winning seed investment.
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Communication services need interoperability to succeed - and Loopt is the first such service since SMS that is available across all major U.S. wireless carriers.
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Later, you should learn to hire fast and scale up the company, but in the early days the goal should be not to hire. Not to hire.