Sam Altman's Whale AMA
Sam answers questions submitted on Whale.
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0:03 - What's the best thing you learned from Paul Graham?
0:18 - Out of all the founders that have manbuns, who is your favorite?
0:31 - What social problems would you like to see startups tackling in 2017?
0:50 - Advice for a high school senior interested in tech startups but bored out of their mind at school? Asking for a friend.
1:06 - What's your favorite play? I personally revere Hamlet.
1:20 - What are the top 3 emotions you felt in the last week? Is this consistent with most weeks? Do you actively cultivate/influence the emotions you feel?
2:02 - What's the 10 year goal for Y Combinator? And can you explain what value you think the YC network will bring over the same period?
2:21 - I heard once that you keep your to-do list on pen & paper. Why analog?
2:37 - What do you think about new startups copying the idea of existing startups?
2:53 - Have you ever taken nutritional supplements to boost your performance at work? If so which ones, did they work, and do you see this becoming a trend in Silicon Valley?
3:13 - Could you please tell us more about how YC is supporting ACLU? (Amazing news btw, thank you Sam!)
3:33 - What books do you recommend on learning machine learning?
3:49 - What should the world know about Y Combinator's Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) launching in 2017?
4:06 - Hi Sam! You seem to have a great answer to every question! What difficult question or issue are you yourself trying to figure out at the moment? Not counting Trump.
4:27 - After lots of hard work and some small customers, we're finally in talks with an ideal, very large fashion brand! Yay! What are your tips and hacks for enterprise sales? Esp. to cut sales cycle length
4:48 - What do you think of YC for small businesses? That'd really help US economy
5:09 - We are a european journalism startup looking into mass media solutions. Would you be able to help set u
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Chapters (17)
0:03
What's the best thing you learned from Paul Graham?
0:18
Out of all the founders that have manbuns, who is your favorite?
0:31
What social problems would you like to see startups tackling in 2017?
0:50
Advice for a high school senior interested in tech startups but bored out of t
1:06
What's your favorite play? I personally revere Hamlet.
1:20
What are the top 3 emotions you felt in the last week? Is this consistent with
2:02
What's the 10 year goal for Y Combinator? And can you explain what value you t
2:21
I heard once that you keep your to-do list on pen & paper. Why analog?
2:37
What do you think about new startups copying the idea of existing startups?
2:53
Have you ever taken nutritional supplements to boost your performance at work?
3:13
Could you please tell us more about how YC is supporting ACLU? (Amazing news b
3:33
What books do you recommend on learning machine learning?
3:49
What should the world know about Y Combinator's Massive Open Online Course (M
4:06
Hi Sam! You seem to have a great answer to every question! What difficult ques
4:27
After lots of hard work and some small customers, we're finally in talks with
4:48
What do you think of YC for small businesses? That'd really help US economy
5:09
We are a european journalism startup looking into mass media solutions. Would
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