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
thinking years want
You also really want to take the time to think about how the market is going to evolve.You need a market that's going to be big in 10 years.
ideas people want
You want an idea that not many other people are working on, and it's okay if it doesn't sound big at first.
ideas competition want
You want an idea that turns into a monopoly. But you can't get a monopoly, in a big market right away; too much competition for that.
team numbers want
... you want to be proud of how much you can get done with a small numbers of employees.
trying want management
What you want to do is innovate on your product and your business model, management structure is not where I would try and innovate.
crazy ideas want
You want an idea about what you can say. I know it sounds like a bad idea but here's specifically why its actually a great one. You want to sound crazy but you want to ask to be right.
running want sake
You want to continue to be run by great products, not process for it's own sake.
want care hard
You only get points when you make something the market wants. So if you work really hard on the wrong things, no one will care.
want-something deals ifs
If you want something in a deal, just ask for it.
people want firsts
... the thing we see wrong with YC apps most frequently, is that people have not thought about the market first and what people want first.
want
You cannot create a market that doesn't want to exist.
crazy want sound
You want to sound crazy, but you want to actually be right.
team want calm
In addition to relentlessly resourceful, you want a tough and a calm cofounder.
team years want
You really want to know your cofounders for a while, ideally years.