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
execution tricks
Unfortunately the trick to great execution is to say no a lot.
team underestimate founders
One thing that founders always underestimate is how hard it is to recruit.
failing fine structure
When lack of structure fails, it fails all at once. What works totally fine from 0-20 employees, is disastrous at 30.
important structure clear
The most important thing is that there is clear reporting structure and everyone knows what it is.
team thinking ideas
You think you have this great idea that everyone's going to come join, but that's not how it works.
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.
team years people
AirBnB spent 5 months interviewing their first employee, before they hired someone and in their first year, they only hired 2 people.
college students social-network
The tenth social network, and limited only to college students with no money, also terrible. Myspace had won.
working-all-the-time wells
The startups that do well are the ones that are working all the time.
fate miracle natural
The natural state of a start-up is to die; most start-ups require multiple miracles in their early days to escape this fate.
opportunity may matter
Startups are very hard no matter what you do; you may as well go after a big opportunity.
growing ships software
For most software startups, this translates to keep growing. For hardware startups, it translates to don't let your ship date slip.
team ideas long
No growth hack, brilliant marketing idea, or sales team can save you long term if you don't have a sufficiently good product.