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
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Whoever Boost works with, Sprint will work with. And whoever Sprint works with, Verizon and AT&T will as well.
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I get up late, have an espresso, and immediately start work. I try to get roughly caught up on email before I leave the house, then if I need to write anything or review a complex deal, I do that, and then I head to the office and work on my top few priorities for the day. I try to schedule my meetings in the afternoon.
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Everyone is looking for the hack, the secret to success without hard work.
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Companies generally work better when they are smaller. It's always worth spending time to think about the least amount of projects/work you can feasibly do, and then having as small a team as possible to do it.
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Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
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If it works out, you're going to be working on this for 10 years.
hard-work people focus
So if you want a culture where people work hard, & pay attention to detail, focus on the customer, are frugal: you have to do it yourself.
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If someone is choosing between joining McKinsey or your startup it's very unlikely they're going to work out at the startup.
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If someone is difficult to talk to, if someone cannot communicate clearly, it's a real problem in terms of their likelihood to work out.
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Most startups are not nearly focussed enough. They work hard...maybe, but they don't work hard on the right things.
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The startups that do well are the ones that are working all the time.
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I think the mistake people make most often when they invest in other kinds of startups is they say, 'This is totally different.' And so the things that matter, like making a product that people desperately want, like talking to customers, they throw this out the window. That is a recipe for heartache and tears.
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People always make the mistake of calling an idea small or stupid because they don't understand how it's going to evolve.
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Many founders hire just because it seems like a cool thing to do, and people always ask how many employees you have.