I am very excited!!
Sam Altman for President
121–130 of 156 posts
Re: Sam Altman for President
#122I’m very excited about this. YC is the smartest group of people I’ve ever worked with, and I believe that startups are going to be the major driver for innovation and economic growth going forward. I was thinking this morning about what it was like to start a startup in early 2005 and how much it’s changed now. PG has done a remarkable amount to improve the startup ecosystem for founders—in fact, it’s hard to think o…
Congratulations Sam! Here's to a very exciting future, and looking forward to see how you help shape it.
Re: Sam Altman for President
#123I think it's a sign of how good this choice is that I can't think of any serious changes which it will bring immediately (other than maybe freeing up more of pg's time to write essays and do office hours); the long-term changes are all positive.
Re: Sam Altman for President
#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
Congratulations. Succession is hard. Books in the pipeline?
"Books in the pipeline?" An opinion column in a well respected publication has the ability to wield more influence. Books are hit or miss and ephemeral.
On Lisp and ANSI Common Lisp are still relevant in regard to their subject matter while the essays of Hackers and Painters can at times seem dated despite being more recent. That's not to say that Graham's essays haven't had more impact, it is possible they have.
But even the essays when presented in book form seem to hold a greater claim upon us than a dozen or so links in an email or blog post. Then again I don't deny my bookishness.
Re: Sam Altman for President
#125Am I the only one who thinks hn is fine on mobile? It's not perfect but the contents the same.
Re: Sam Altman for President
#126Congratulations Sam!
Re: Sam Altman for President
#127I’m very excited about this. YC is the smartest group of people I’ve ever worked with, and I believe that startups are going to be the major driver for innovation and economic growth going forward. I was thinking this morning about what it was like to start a startup in early 2005 and how much it’s changed now. PG has done a remarkable amount to improve the startup ecosystem for founders—in fact, it’s hard to think o…
Congrats, Sam! We were stoked to get you as an advisor for AdGrok, and the advice you gave us was remarkably insightful and spot-on. Thanks again.
Re: Sam Altman for President
#128I’m very excited about this. YC is the smartest group of people I’ve ever worked with, and I believe that startups are going to be the major driver for innovation and economic growth going forward. I was thinking this morning about what it was like to start a startup in early 2005 and how much it’s changed now. PG has done a remarkable amount to improve the startup ecosystem for founders—in fact, it’s hard to think o…
Congrats buddy... you gave instrumental advice during every funding round we've raised, and we're better for it.
Re: Sam Altman for President
#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
So is that the main motivation - so you have attention to spare for essays? Any other plans? EDIT: I know how you say that writing => other ideas. So I guess the question is whether 1) You have something else in mind currently 2) You're writing with the intent to come up with other ideas 3) You're writing, and if another idea happens to come up that you like, you'll pursue it, or 4) You want to write and not pursue o…
It's not the only motivation. It really will be better for YC to have someone running it who is actually interested in running an organization. I have a whole bunch of ideas for essays I'd like to write, but I almost never pick a topic. The way I decide which one to write is that one starts to write itself in my head.
Do you think this will provide you with an opportunity to approach prospect and current yc startups in a less "adversarial" manner, for the lack of a better term?
Re: Sam Altman for President
#130I’m very excited about this. YC is the smartest group of people I’ve ever worked with, and I believe that startups are going to be the major driver for innovation and economic growth going forward. I was thinking this morning about what it was like to start a startup in early 2005 and how much it’s changed now. PG has done a remarkable amount to improve the startup ecosystem for founders—in fact, it’s hard to think o…
Very cool. There's a lot you can do with YC. Good luck!