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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
Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious. Sam Altman
Work Time Sometimes Long Long Time Startups Take Look Ambitious Very Very Long Time Often
Generally, you want to raise capital either when you have to or when it's really easy. If the company desperately needs money, and they can't figure out any other way, then they need to raise money. Or if someone's offering you easy money on good terms, you should take it because you can use it for good things. Sam Altman
Good Needs You Good Things Money Other Desperately Way Out Easy Someone Good Terms Take Generally Terms Because Offering Any Any Other Way Want Either Capital Then Really Should Use Figure Company Things Raise Need
Startups on the inside are always badly broken. Sam Altman
Broken Startups Inside Badly Always
Ideas are cheap and easy, and there are a lot of them. Sam Altman
Easy Cheap Ideas Lot Them
Asking what I'd do without Loopt is almost like asking what I would do if I didn't have a smartphone because the feature set has become the norm for me. Sam Altman
Me Become Would Feature Almost Like Because Without Norm Asking Set
Loopt isn't a service that keeps you locked in, staring at your screen. Sam Altman
Service You Locked Screen Your Staring Keeps
The biggest part of Loopt is about discovering the world around you, never replacing a social experience - only adding to it. Sam Altman
You Experience World Adding About Only Never Part Around Discovering Replacing Biggest Social
The nice thing about Reddit is, we don't have to sell your data or build a profile of you or do stuff that makes people feel uncomfortable. Sam Altman
You People Build Nice About Data Uncomfortable Feel Stuff Reddit Makes Sell Your Nice Thing Profile Thing
Traditional local advertising is not what retailers want. They want not just for you to see an ad - they want you to come into the store, to be a repeat customer and to spread the word. Sam Altman
You Word Local See Come Advertising Spread Traditional Repeat Just Store Want Customer Ad
The market for local advertising is in the billions. Sam Altman
Local Market Advertising Billions
If you wanted to build an Internet startup in 2005, you had to buy your own servers and hire someone to manage it. Now, that's unheard of. Sam Altman
Buy You Internet Build Own Startup Someone Had Hire Manage Wanted Unheard Your Now Internet Startup
I don't often get involved with campaigns at all. Sam Altman
Involved Campaigns Get Often
All companies that grow really big do so in only one way: people recommend the product or service to other people. Sam Altman
Service People Big Other Way Recommend One-Way Only Only One Way Really Product Companies Grow
The reduction in compassion that happens when we're all behind computer screens is not good for the world. Sam Altman
Good World Compassion Computer Reduction Behind Screens Happens
If the Reddit community cannot learn to balance authenticity and compassion, it may be a great website, but it will never be a truly great community. Sam Altman
Website Great Balance Compassion Will Community Never Reddit Learn Truly Authenticity May Cannot
Set a clear, easy-to-understand vision for your company, and make it be a mission people believe in. Sam Altman
People Vision Believe Clear Mission Make Your Company Set
People are incredible creatures of habit. Sam Altman
People Incredible Habit Creatures
Many founders hire just because it seems like a cool thing to do, and people always ask how many employees you have. Sam Altman
You People Employees Seems Like Because Always How Hire Just Just Because Ask Cool Many Cool Thing Founders Thing
I don't think people spend nearly enough time thinking about what they like and what they're good at. Sam Altman
Time Good People Think Thinking Enough Enough Time Spend About Like Nearly
If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that. Sam Altman
Great You Think Startup Because Up Then Should Keeping Night
Intelligence is usually easy to tell in a 10-minute conversation. Determination is harder. Sam Altman
Conversation Determination Intelligence Tell Easy Harder
If a company is profitable, the founder is in control. If it's not, investors are in control. Sam Altman
Control Investors Company Founder Profitable
I always tell my partners that our job is to fund all the companies we can that can be worth $10 billion or more. That's such a difficult constraint, we can't have any other constraints. Sam Altman
Worth Job Difficult Other Our Tell Constraint Constraints More Partners Always Any Billion Companies Fund
Cofounder relationships are among the most important in the entire company. Sam Altman
Important Relationships Entire Most The Most Important Company Among
The thing about Y Combinator that's cool is that most companies won't happen if we don't fund them. Sam Altman
About Most Happen Them Companies Cool Fund Thing
There's this famous observation that I totally believe: Great startup ideas are the ones that lie in the intersection of the Venn diagram of 'is a good idea' and 'looks like a bad idea.' So you want most people to think it's a bad idea and thus not compete with you until you get giant. But for it to secretly be good. Sam Altman
Good Great You Lie People Believe Think Startup Secretly Giant Bad Totally Bad Idea Observation Idea Thus Like Ideas Most Until Looks Diagram Get Famous Want Compete Good Idea Intersection
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