I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA

Re:I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA by ninebrows on Friday March 20, 2015 @01:56PM (#9239359)

If the product is good and if the product has a single co-founder, what are the chances of getting accepted?

The reason is that I live in a place where it's very hard to find a good co-founder and I don't want to team up with the only options that I have. I don't want to make wrong choices. In my place, people tend to join companies and look for jobs rather than start companies.

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Re:I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA by sama on Friday March 20, 2015 @01:58PM (#9239378)

We will fund a company with 1 founder, but the bar is very high.

Have you thought about working at a startup first as a way to meet potential cofounders?

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Re:I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA by ninebrows on Friday March 20, 2015 @02:10PM (#9239500)

Thanks Sam. Yes. I have worked in a startup for few years. I made very good friends, some technical and some management.

I found a good guy who is on the management side, I asked him whether he is interested in startup. He is just married, from a middle class family and he is not willing to take any risk.

I also know technical people. Unfortunately I did not find good people on technical side but they are very talented. When I say good, I mean honest people.

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