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Sam Altman - How to Succeed with a Startup

Y Combinator
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Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator, shares his thoughts on how you can succeed with a startup. Startup School is YC's free online program for founders. Sign up to access the full curriculum and over $100k in deals! https://www.startupschool.org/ Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:11 A product so good people tell friends 00:00:53 Easy to understand 00:01:13 Exponential growth in market 00:02:00 Real trends vs Fake trends 00:03:30 Evangelical founder 00:04:04 Ambitious vision 00:04:22 Hard startup vs Easy Startup 00:05:34 Confident and definite view of future (but flexible!) 00:06:10 Huge if it works 00:06:30 Team (non-obvious insights) 00:07:20 - Optimists! 00:07:47 - Idea generators 00:08:16 - ‘We’ll figure it out’ 00:08:50 - ‘I’ve got it’ 00:09:08 - Action bias 00:09:34 - The blessing or inexperience 00:10:16 Momentum 00:11:04 Competitive advantage 00:11:46 Sensible business model 00:12:04 Distribution strategy 00:12:20 Traits of best founders - Frugality, focus, obsession, love 00:12:46 Why startups win 00:13:13 - One no vs One yes 00:14:06 - Fast-changing markets 00:14:43 - Platform shifts 00:15:46 End ...more
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Introduction

0:00

A product so good people tell friends

0:11

Easy to understand

0:53

Exponential growth in market

1:13

Real trends vs Fake trends

2:00

Evangelical founder

3:30

Ambitious vision

4:04

Hard startup vs Easy Startup

4:22

Confident and definite view of future (but flexible!)

5:34

Huge if it works

6:10

Team (non-obvious insights)

6:30

Optimists!

7:20

Idea generators

7:47

‘We’ll figure it out’

8:16

‘I’ve got it’

8:50

Action bias

9:08

The blessing or inexperience

9:34

Momentum

10:16

Competitive advantage

11:04

Sensible business model

11:46

Distribution strategy

12:04

Traits of best founders - Frugality, focus, obsession, love

12:20

Why startups win

12:46

One no vs One yes

13:13

Fast-changing markets

14:06

Platform shifts

14:43

End

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Sam Altman - How to Succeed with a Startup
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2018Aug 29
Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator, shares his thoughts on how you can succeed with a startup. Startup School is YC's free online program for founders. Sign up to access the full curriculum and over $100k in deals! https://www.startupschool.org/ Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:11 A product so good people tell friends 00:00:53 Easy to understand 00:01:13 Exponential growth in market 00:02:00 Real trends vs Fake trends 00:03:30 Evangelical founder 00:04:04 Ambitious vision 00:04:22 Hard startup vs Easy Startup 00:05:34 Confident and definite view of future (but flexible!) 00:06:10 Huge if it works 00:06:30 Team (non-obvious insights) 00:07:20 - Optimists! 00:07:47 - Idea generators 00:08:16 - ‘We’ll figure it out’ 00:08:50 - ‘I’ve got it’ 00:09:08 - Action bias 00:09:34 - The blessing or inexperience 00:10:16 Momentum 00:11:04 Competitive advantage 00:11:46 Sensible business model 00:12:04 Distribution strategy 00:12:20 Traits of best founders - Frugality, focus, obsession, love 00:12:46 Why startups win 00:13:13 - One no vs One yes 00:14:06 - Fast-changing markets 00:14:43 - Platform shifts 00:15:46 End

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Y Combinator

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