Sam Altman, every mention
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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Sam Altman comes up
The Path to $100B by Paul Buchheit · Y Combinator
- ▶ 19:57 Paul Buchheit Sam's company, Justin and Emmett's company, Kiko, um, were all in that batch.
- ▶ 33:32 Geoff Ralston The, for somewhat unclear reasons, this reminds me of a, of a, another Paul Bukitism, which is, ah, that, that Sam actually, ah, repeated in his introduction to the course, which was that, you know, what a company really needs is…
A Conversation with Elad Gil · Y Combinator
Helping African Businesses Get Paid, Shola Akinlade of Paystack · Y Combinator
- ▶ 2:54 Shola Akinlade I just, he just, he sent that email, um, and copied all, everybody, Sam, Michael, everybody, and I'm like, what is this?
Fundraising Fundamentals By Geoff Ralston · Y Combinator
- ▶ 11:27 Geoff Ralston I would really recommend you look at the, ah, video of Sam Altman talking to Ron Conway, Mark Andreessen, Parker Conrad from Zenefits, at the time, rippling now, when they talk about
Geoff Ralston and Adora Cheung Discuss Startup School · Y Combinator
- ▶ 0:13 Geoff Ralston Well, Startup School began a couple of years ago with a course Sam taught online called How to Start a Startup.
- ▶ 4:05 Geoff Ralston Sam Altman, who's the president of Y Combinator, will be giving a talk.
- ▶ 22:05 Geoff Ralston He worked on it with Sam last year.
Jessica Livingston Shares 9 Things She Learned From Founding YC · Y Combinator
- ▶ 11:42 Jessica Livingston Um, Reddit was in that first batch, and the founders of Twitch, although they were working on a different idea, and Sam Altman's geolocation startup.
Announcing Work at a Startup · Y Combinator
- ▶ 17:21 Jared Friedman Justin Kahn and Sam Altman are going to give keynote talks about working at a startup, why you should work at a startup, how to judge startups, what kind of compensation you should be looking for, how to negotiate an offer.
Advice for Students and Recent Graduates on Finding Jobs – Liz Wessel of WayUp · Y Combinator
- ▶ 29:29 Liz Wessel You know, I said to Sam Altman right after YC, I was at, like, lunch or dinner, and, um, and he was there, and we were sitting next to each other, and I turned to him and I said, you know, the thing that I've had to learn about the most…
Breaking Down HackerRank's Survey of 40,000 Developers with Vivek Ravisankar · Y Combinator
- ▶ 14:15 Vivek Ravisankar It was PG, Sam, Harge, Jessica, and Paul Bouquet.
- ▶ 18:18 Vivek Ravisankar Uh, and I, and I remember PG and Sam, uh, correcting me from everything to, um, the, even the tiny nuances.
Paul Buchheit - Startup Investor School Day 2 · Y Combinator
- ▶ 32:30 Paul Buchheit I think Sam touched on this yesterday.
Dalton Caldwell - Startup Investor School Day 2 · Y Combinator
- ▶ 2:56 Geoff Ralston I will point out, as Sam said yesterday, that one of the worst things you can do as an investor is to be sheep. 2 times in the scene
Michael Seibel - Startup Investor School Day 2 · Y Combinator
- ▶ 4:30 Michael Seibel because the second I started writing angel investment checks, Sam told me this lesson, and then I ignored him for two and a half years. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 11:48 Michael Seibel Um, if Sam was here, he probably would tell me I should be writing 250 K checks.
Carolynn Levy and Kirsty Nathoo - Startup Investor School Day 1 · Y Combinator
- ▶ 2:36 Carolynn Levy A quick word about process, and then we had some advice that Sam kind of covered, but we'll talk, we'll just reiterate it because it's important.
- ▶ 2:46 Carolynn Levy Ok, so a lot of you raised your hand when Jeff asked, or Sam asked, how many people have already angel invested. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 22:42 Carolynn Levy The first, um, one extreme end would be, you know, a home run situation, and by home run, actually I think Sam mentioned this as well, this term, this is where an acquiring company is coming in and paying a lot of money for the startup you… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:28 Carolynn Levy Ok, so, as I mentioned, Sam kind of already said some of this stuff. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 37:54 Carolynn Levy And also, you need to remember, you do have prorata rights, and remember Sam made the point that you need to exercise those, because yes, you are going to get really, really, really diluted, because you're the early money, but if you can't… 3 times in the scene
It's Surprising How Much Small Teams Can Get Done - Sam Chaudhary of ClassDojo · Y Combinator
- ▶ 33:48 Sam Chaudhary Um, I think actually Sam Altman said this, that you get to about 25 people and your job shifts from building the product to building the culture, and it kind of stays there.