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Sam Altman
Sam Altman
American Businessman
Believe Companies Good People Think You
Related authors: Bill Gates Henry Ford Jim Rohn Les Brown Peter Drucker Stephen Covey Steve Jobs Warren Buffett
Making money is often more fun than spending it, though I personally have never regretted money I've spent on friends, new experiences, saving time, travel, and causes I believe in. Sam Altman
Time Travel Money Believe Saving Spending Spent Though More Never New Making Making Money Causes Time Travel Friends Than Often Experiences Personally Regretted Fun
AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies. Sam Altman
Great World AI Will Lead Most Likely End End Of The World Meantime Companies
One of the things we urge Y-Combinator companies to do is to have profitability in grasp. If you need to get profitable before your A round of money, you ought to be able to do that. Sam Altman
You Money Before Ought One Of The Things Able Get Urge Your Companies Grasp Round Things Profitability Profitable Need
The only way to generate sustained exponential growth is to make whatever you're making sufficiently good. Sam Altman
Good You Whatever Way Only Generate Make Making Sustained Exponential Growth Sufficiently
Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups. Sam Altman
Best People Sometimes Big Think Startups About Ideas Big Ideas Just Themes Really Fund
The correlation of quality of life and cost of energy is huge. Sam Altman
Life Quality Energy Correlation Cost Quality Of Life Huge
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. Sam Altman
Made Beginning Software Rapidly Costs Quickly Done Happen Low Much Successful Reasons Hardware
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. Sam Altman
Work Day Try Before Few Late Meetings Top Email Complex Immediately Schedule Write Head For The Day House Deal Priorities Caught Leave Review Up Office Get Anything Afternoon Then Roughly Start Need
Seed investing is the status symbol of Silicon Valley. Most people don't want Ferraris, they want a winning seed investment. Sam Altman
People Valley Status Seed Silicon Silicon Valley Winning Investing Investment Most Want Symbol
All throughout my life I have been deeply immersed in startups, either because I was running one or investing in them or helping them. Sam Altman
Life My Life Startups Immersed Running Throughout Investing Because Been Either Them Helping Deeply
I don't invest in companies where my mental model is that they need to get themselves acquired in the next few years - or ever. Sam Altman
Few Mental Invest Years Model Get Where Acquired Themselves Next Companies Ever Need
A lot of people don't love their bank. Sam Altman
Love People Lot Bank
The crowd's a really powerful force on the Internet, and people finally understand how to harness that. Sam Altman
People Internet Harness Finally Crowd Powerful Powerful Force Force Understand How Really
Communication services need interoperability to succeed - and Loopt is the first such service since SMS that is available across all major U.S. wireless carriers. Sam Altman
Service Communication First Wireless Since Major Available Succeed Across Services Need
Do I think every culture will embrace location technology? Yes. Sam Altman
Technology Culture Will Every Think Location Embrace Yes
Check-ins are cool, but kind of a pain. Sam Altman
Pain Kind Cool
Facebook and Instagram are spiritual brothers. Sam Altman
Spiritual Facebook Brothers Instagram
Virgin America flyers tend to be more likely to be using a mobile device and tapping social networks - even at 35,000 feet. Sam Altman
Flyers More Networks Tend Device Feet Likely Mobile Tapping America Social Social Networks Using Even
I believe in the future, and to be a good investor, you have to believe in the future. Sam Altman
Future Good You Believe Investor
That culture of frugality and discipline is really important for the Y Combinator mindset. Sam Altman
Culture Discipline Important Mindset Frugality Really
Location is the sole difference between mobile and traditional Web. Sam Altman
Sole Location Web Between Traditional Mobile Difference
You shouldn't try to manufacture progress. Sam Altman
You Progress Try Manufacture
The way to really scale a venture firm is with software. Sam Altman
Software Way Scale Firm Venture Really
Being a public company is really terrible for most companies. I'd say Facebook and Google have done a pretty good job of standing up to the incredible quarterly pressure to hit numbers, but most companies - and I've observed a lot now - don't do a very good job of that. Sam Altman
Good Facebook Good Job Job Pressure Google Incredible Say Pretty Pretty Good Observed Most Terrible Lot Up Very Hit Done Being Public Public Company Really Standing Standing Up Companies Company Now Numbers
Many of the companies in the mobile location space are trying to figure out different ways to tie what they're doing to commerce. Sam Altman
Space Ways Location Out Tie Doing Mobile Commerce Trying Different Figure Companies Many Different Ways
Whoever Boost works with, Sprint will work with. And whoever Sprint works with, Verizon and AT&T will as well. Sam Altman
Work Will Boost Well Sprint Whoever Works
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