Lecture 2 - Team and Execution (Sam Altman)

Lecture Transcript: http://tech.genius.com/Sam-altman-lecture-2-ideas-products-teams-and-execution-part-ii-annotated Sam Altman finishes up "Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution" by covering Team and Execution, in Lecture 2 of How to Start a Startup. See the slides and readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec02/ Discuss this lecture: https://startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64031 This video is under Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/

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EPISODE INFO

Released: September 25, 2014
Duration: 46m
Channel: YC Root Access
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Lecture Transcript: http://tech.genius.com/Sam-altman-lecture-2-ideas-products-teams-and-execution-part-ii-annotated Sam Altman finishes up "Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution" by covering Team and Execution, in Lecture 2 of How to Start a Startup. See the slides and readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec02/ Discuss this lecture: https://startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64031 This video is under Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/

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Sam Altman
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Entrepreneur and startup investor; former president of Y Combinator.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of YC Root Access, featuring Sam Altman, Lecture 2 - Team and Execution (Sam Altman) explores sam Altman on co-founders, hiring sparingly, and relentless execution focus Altman argues that co-founder choice is the highest-leverage early decision and that “random” co-founders frequently lead to startup collapse.

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