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
companies figure tie trying ways
Many of the companies in the mobile location space are trying to figure out different ways to tie what they're doing to commerce.
way grows one-thing
One thing I tell startups all the time is that the best way to grow is to make their product better.
way missions company
Another way of looking at this, is that the best companies are almost always mission oriented.
way wells company
The way to have a company that executes well is you have to execute well yourself.
giving-up believe way
If you don't love and believe in what you're building, you're likely to give up at some point along the way.
pain matter way
There's no way I know, to get through the pain of a startup without belief that the mission really matters.
way done situation
The way you get deals done and the way you get good terms, is to have a competitive situation.
track focus way
Losing focus is another way that founders get off track.
way easy easier
When it comes to starting startups, in many ways, it's easier to start a hard startup than an easy startup.
way sound stranger
Or a way to stay on strangers couches, that just sounds terrible all around.
consumers tap
With Loopt Star, consumers get to tap interactive rewards wherever they may be.
time
The start-ups that do well are the ones that are working all the time.
companies facebook good google hit incredible job observed public standing terrible
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.
cool fund
The thing about Y Combinator that's cool is that most companies won't happen if we don't fund them.