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
team believe fighting
I believe in fighting with investors to reduce the amount of equity they get and then being as generous as you possibly can with employees.
needs building-something realizing
If you don't need it yourself, and you're building something that someone else needs, realize you're at a big disadvantage.
years willing ten
In general don't start a startup you're not willing to work on for ten years.
disaster meltdowns ifs
Some day everyone will find out everyone else's comp, if it's all over the place, it will be a complete meltdown disaster
quality products
Obsess about the quality of the product.
important attention each-day
1 of the hardest parts about being a founder, is that there are a 100 important things competing for your attention each day.
two keys done
Execution gets divided into two key questions: 1) can you figure out what to do and 2) can you get it done.
team people should
The best people know that they should join a rocketship.
smart people matter
No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people.
people speak
People appreciate when you make an effort to speak their language.
Startups on the inside are always badly broken.
bad exactly extreme far few list secrecy sign technology though
I think extreme secrecy is a bad sign in all startups. Very few startups die because they tell you exactly how their technology works. On the long list of startup killers, that's pretty far down. Though on the list of entrepreneur fears, it's pretty high.
people
I grew up with a computer, and many of my friends were people I met online.
Ideas are cheap and easy, and there are a lot of them.