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
advertising
The market for local advertising is in the billions.
finally force harness people understand
The crowd's a really powerful force on the Internet, and people finally understand how to harness that.
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The hard part of running a business is that there are a hundred things that you could be doing, and only five of those actually matter, and only one of them matters more than all of the rest of them combined. So figuring out there is a critical path thing to focus on and ignoring everything else is really important.
costs happen reasons software
All the reasons that have made software so successful are beginning to happen with hardware. So much can be done so quickly, prototyped so rapidly, and the costs are so low.
deals insider latest
The Loopt mobile app is all about giving you the latest local deals and insider tips.
I think you can say a lot of evil behavior by companies is short-term optimization.
I think that inexpensive sources of planet-friendly energy are one of the most important things for us to pursue.
great
If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
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If you ask a founder how their company is doing, they always say, 'Oh it's great. We're totally crushing it,' and that's almost never true.
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If you look at people who have an iPhone or Android and are under 40 and are dissatisfied with their bank, it's actually quite a large market.
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If you have the opportunity to go be an early employee at a company that's just going crazy, and you believe it's the next Facebook or Google, you should go join that company.
If you go to a paintball subreddit, paintball companies can advertise to you.
cost life
The correlation of quality of life and cost of energy is huge.
mission
It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world.