Sam Yam

Everything Sam Yam said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Partly supported

Sam Yam: AdMob Acquired Adworld One Month Before Google Acquired AdMob

“It was a company called AdMob, and then literally the month afterwards, we were acquired into Google.”

Sam Yam Jan 11, 2021 ▶ 21:30 Patreon: Jack Conte and Sam Yam

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Patreon launched securely storing credit cards but without actual payment processing logic

“We couldn't, for example we couldn't process all the payments at that time yet. I hadn't hooked any of that up. We could accept your credit card. And so that would get saved, you know, very securely by the way, because we were working at Stripe, but we hadn't …”

Sam Yam Jan 11, 2021 ▶ 50:52 Patreon: Jack Conte and Sam Yam

HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Supported

Sam Yam built an In-N-Out delivery service at Stanford before DoorDash

“I created a website, I was driving burgers around and to campus. This is, that was my senior year in particular.”

Sam Yam Jan 11, 2021 ▶ 7:23 Patreon: Jack Conte and Sam Yam

The other half of the tape: Sam Yam's own voice is left out of every number here. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →

Statements about Sam Yam, by other people (1)

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Conte: Patreon co-founders agreed to a 50-50 equity split

“Yeah, it's in this email. We agree to become fifty-fifty partners in Patreon.”

Jack Conte Jan 11, 2021 ▶ 43:32 Patreon: Jack Conte and Sam Yam

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Sam's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
HOW I BUILT THISLEDGER	Co-Founder, President & CTO, Patreon	1	3	50% 1/2	full record on How I Built This →