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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Study the unusually successful people you know, and you will find them imbued with enthusiasm for their work which is contagious. Not only are they themselves excited about what they are doing, but they also get you excited
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If you look at successful pivots, they almost always are a pivot into something that the founder wanted. Not a random made up idea.
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We've seen a lot of data at YC now, and the most successful companies and the ones where the investors do the best... end up giving a lot of stock out to employees- year after year after year.
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It's difficult to get large groups of people, to the extreme levels of focus and productivity that you need, for a startup to be successful.
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... we talk to a team, they've gotten new things done, that's the best predictor we have that a company will go on to be successful.
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You need this sort of a tailwind to make a startup successful.
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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.