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> The interesting answer would be what changed his mind in the intervening years Maybe employees are starting to wise up and reject the below-market salaries

> The interesting answer would be what changed his mind in the intervening years Maybe employees are starting to wise up and reject the below-market salaries VC-backed startups offer in exchange for worthless options (that will be diluted considerably before acquisition, or are of some class of stock that won't be acquired with the rest of the firm, or that can't be affordably exercised if you leave the company)? > As for the second paragraph, I cannot find enough generosity to see it as anything other than ad hominem trolling, and I would suggest an edit. Especially as you have a troll throw away name. The second paragraph just expresses my honest confusion over why so many people think Altman is brilliant and near everything he says is worthy of serious consideration and discussion. As I see things, Sam has one failed startup under his belt and not much else.

lifeisstillgood 11y ago
No your final paragraph here express your honest confusion. The paragraph we are talking about has a slightly poor taste reference to gay dating, and an argumentative statement Altman has done nothing but start Loopt. His Wikipedia page suggests he acted as an investor in many companies pre-YC, and worked some means for Reddit to have an unusual ownership form. This all suggests to me that a man who become rich at 19 on a startup used that to experiment and understand the startup world, and has grown an interest (and willingness to try new ideas) in how ownership affects the outcomes of companies, which is exactly what we are talking about. So his history suggests a learning path about company ownership and leads directly to here. I would look closely and internally at the causes of your confusion.
- looptwasafail 11y ago
  > The paragraph we are talking about has a slightly poor taste reference to gay dating I characterized Loopt's waning days as a gay hookup app because that is exactly how it functioned. How is that poor taste? People here are hanging on the every word of a man whose greatest accomplishment to date was the predecessor to Grindr. > His Wikipedia page is little more impressive than that of any other VC lottery winner. Again, what's the big deal?
- lmeyerov 11y ago
  Knowing whether a VC who will be giving you advice has been a successful operator is, in turn, pretty standard advice. (No comment on the rest, staying out of it.)

lifeisstillgood 11y ago

No your final paragraph here express your honest confusion. The paragraph we are talking about has a slightly poor taste reference to gay dating, and an argumentative statement Altman has done nothing but start Loopt. His Wikipedia page suggests he acted as an investor in many companies pre-YC, and worked some means for Reddit to have an unusual ownership form. This all suggests to me that a man who become rich at 19 on a startup used that to experiment and understand the startup world, and has grown an interest (and willingness to try new ideas) in how ownership affects the outcomes of companies, which is exactly what we are talking about. So his history suggests a learning path about company ownership and leads directly to here. I would look closely and internally at the causes of your confusion.

looptwasafail 11y ago
> The paragraph we are talking about has a slightly poor taste reference to gay dating I characterized Loopt's waning days as a gay hookup app because that is exactly how it functioned. How is that poor taste? People here are hanging on the every word of a man whose greatest accomplishment to date was the predecessor to Grindr. > His Wikipedia page is little more impressive than that of any other VC lottery winner. Again, what's the big deal?
lmeyerov 11y ago
Knowing whether a VC who will be giving you advice has been a successful operator is, in turn, pretty standard advice. (No comment on the rest, staying out of it.)