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
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So it's worth some real up front time to think through the long term value and the defensibility of the business.
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If someone is difficult to talk to, if someone cannot communicate clearly, it's a real problem in terms of their likelihood to work out.
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Startups are not the best choice for work-life balance, and that's sort of just the sad reality.
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You can't be focussed without really great communication
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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.
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If you don't need it yourself, and you're building something that someone else needs, realize you're at a big disadvantage.
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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.