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
focus pieces levels
The other piece besides focus for execution is intensity. Startups only work at a fairly intense level.
hobbies
You can have a startup and one other thing, you can have a family, but you probably can't have many other hobbies.
reality choices balance
Startups are not the best choice for work-life balance, and that's sort of just the sad reality.
intense ceo founders
You have to be intense. This only comes from the CEO, this only comes from the founders.
moving quality posters
Facebook has this famous poster that says move fast and break things. But at the same time they manage to be obsessed with quality.
moving quality easy
It's easy to move fast or be obsessed with quality, but the trick is you have to do both at a startup.
killers indecisiveness
You have to be decisive. Indecisiveness is a startup killer.
people founders managers
Most founders have not managed people before, and they certainly haven't managed managers.
metrics week should
You should always know how you're doing against your metrics. You should always have a weekly review meeting every week.
focus growth maintaining
Growth and momentum are what a startup lives on and you always have to focus on maintaining these.
communication struggle said
... why I said cofounders that aren't friends really struggle, is that you can't be focused without good communication.
way done situation
The way you get deals done and the way you get good terms, is to have a competitive situation.
common cases company
The most common post YC failure case for the companies we fund, is they're incredibly focussed during YC on their company... and after they start doing a lot of other things. They advise companies, they go to conferences, whatever.
track focus way
Losing focus is another way that founders get off track.