Greymatter Sam Altman on Y Combinator and What Makes The Best Founders | Blitzscaling 02
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Mar 2, 2016 Chapters
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Did You Start Looped and Go to YC?
01:59 • 2min
YC Is a Network Effects Business
03:56 • 3min
Is the First Investor in a Startup?
06:32 • 2min
YC - The Network Effect
08:14 • 3min
Founder and CEO of YC, What's the Difference?
11:01 • 2min
Yc
12:41 • 6min
Are You a Solo Founder?
18:14 • 2min
How Do You Tell When Co-Founders Aren't Working?
20:23 • 2min
Diversity at the Co-Founder Level?
21:58 • 1min
Diversity of Vision in Startups Is the Killer
23:24 • 2min
How to Hire a Co-Founder?
25:31 • 2min
The Bay Area Is the Best Place to Start a Startup
27:27 • 2min
Do You Have a Problem With Diversity in Startups?
29:27 • 5min
Launch as Quickly as Possible
34:26 • 3min
Pivoting Startups
37:31 • 4min
Learning From Failure Is the Thing
41:51 • 2min
What Does Focus on Product Mean to You?
43:45 • 2min
Having Employees Is a Problem for Startups
45:45 • 3min
The Idea of Fake Work
48:22 • 2min
Are You Going to Networking Events?
50:15 • 2min
The Number One Mistake That Great Founders Make
52:04 • 2min
Do You Think It's All Vertical AI?
53:35 • 2min
Bitcoin
55:20 • 2min
The Problem of Solving Energy Is So Important
57:21 • 2min
Are You a Startup CEO?
59:18 • 3min
How Do You Fire People?
01:02:01 • 2min
Are You Firm on Your Decision?
01:04:21 • 2min
How to Fund More Companies Like Uber or Snapchat?
01:05:53 • 7min