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.
years work-out ifs
If it works out, you're going to be working on this for 10 years.
years ideas matter
It's become popular in recent years to say that the idea doesn't matter.
mean years long
What being a founder means, is signing up for this years long grind on execution - and you can't outsource this.
team years numbers
Many of the best YC companies have had phenomenally small number of employees for their first year, sometimes none besides the founders.
thinking years leaving
You never want to be in a place where an employee has vested 3 out of the 4 years of stock and they start thinking about leaving.
successful years data
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.
thinking years giving
You should think about for the next 10 years, you're going to be giving out 3-5% of the company every year.
years decades
It takes years and years, usually a decade, to create a great startup.
years
Good startups usually take 10 years.
years like-you easy
It's really easy to get PR with no results & it actually feels like you're really actually cool, but in a year you'll still have nothing.
years done too-late
Why couldn't it have been done 2 years ago, and why will 2 years in the future be too late?
team years people
To get the very best people- they have a lot of great options, and so it can easily take a year to recruit someone.
team years want
You really want to know your cofounders for a while, ideally years.