Sam Altman on What Makes Startups Succeed
Y Combinator · Talk · YouTube title: Sam Altman - How to Succeed with a Startup
Why it's here
Recommended as the single Startup School video worth watching, a short and dense talk on what makes a startup work; one commenter dismisses it as platitudes.
What it covers
A 16-minute Y Combinator Startup School talk in which Sam Altman lays out what makes a startup succeed. It covers building a product people tell friends about, exponential markets, real versus fake trends, and having an ambitious vision.