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I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA

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Re: I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA

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Post by sama »

throwaway41597 wrote: post #377

Do you have some advice about how a founder should organize their day? How many hours of coding/designing/talking to users/sleeping...?

Don't over-optimize. At some point you have to stop reading advice blogs and go build a company, and figure it out as you go.

Take care of yourself, take some time to enjoy your life, and work the rest of the time.

Re: I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA

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Post by adamdill »

carlisle_ wrote: post #278
BinaryIdiot wrote: post #221

Hey Sam, Any comment regarding Jason Calacanis being banned from YC's upcoming demo day? Jason tweeted[1] his side but didn't know what the YC side of it was and was curious. [1] https://twitter.com/Jason/status/710176806184349696

Jason is a bully. I've heard plenty of horror stories of people who have worked for him. I'm not surprised in the least and I'm extremely glad to see people standing up to him.

I worked directly for Jason for about 3 years, as a direct report. I never once saw him bully anyone. He expects and pushes people to be their best. Additionally he doesn't allow people to waste his time, or the time of others in his organizations. Both of these are admirable qualities.

Additionally after I left his employ, he was our first investor in a new venture, and relentlessly supported us along the way. Jason is the best possible investor you can have on your side.

Re: I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA

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Post by hybmg57 »

Hi Sam, I'm a young entrepreneur who is really passionate about startup and SAAS. For one man SAAS B2B startup with limited funds is there any advice on initial growth? I have used Twitter with some success and used Adwords but had little success (could be due to not enough budget)

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Post by supergeek18 »

BinaryIdiot wrote: post #221

Hey Sam, Any comment regarding Jason Calacanis being banned from YC's upcoming demo day? Jason tweeted[1] his side but didn't know what the YC side of it was and was curious. [1] https://twitter.com/Jason/status/710176806184349696

Jason is one of the most honest and helpful people I've ever met. Super happy that we met him and have his support. Never experienced any sort of bullying, offer changing and confidentially info sharing...

Re: I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA

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Post by sama »

jimrandomh wrote: post #214

What is your plan for AI safety, and how does OpenAI fit into it? In http://blog.samaltman.com/machine-intelligence-part-2 you laid out sensible requirements and safeguards we should demand of late-stage AI development when it gets further along. But OpenAI's founding statement seems to have baked in a mission and vision that's incompatible with those safeguards, requiring immediate sharing of breakthroughs even if t…

We're still working through this--it turns out to be a research problem in itself.

We talk about it a lot, and I'm working on a post about it (for example, we may not share intermediate breakthrough that we think pose major safety risks), but I've been much busier than expected the last few months and haven't gotten to it yet.

Definitely expect us to do safety research.

Re: I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA

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Post by Clectasteve »

BinaryIdiot wrote: post #221

Hey Sam, Any comment regarding Jason Calacanis being banned from YC's upcoming demo day? Jason tweeted[1] his side but didn't know what the YC side of it was and was curious. [1] https://twitter.com/Jason/status/710176806184349696

Candidness is a virtue. Jason delivers it in a manner that motivates. I spent 4 months away from my family for Launch. Jason invited me to Thanksgiving. Post launch his support is unwavering despite having at least two of the 14 companies already flying. I found him to be a gentleman.
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