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The crazy thing about Sam Altman is that he's basically a deal maker; does it remind you of anyone currently in power? No substance, no skill, just wheeling dea
by blobbers 11mo ago
The crazy thing about Sam Altman is that he's basically a deal maker; does it remind you of anyone currently in power? No substance, no skill, just wheeling dealing, constantly saving his own neck from things that really should have ended his career.
Read:
https://www.paulgraham.com/fundraising.html https://www.paulgraham.com/fundraising.html
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Sam Altman has it. You could parachute him into an island full of cannibals and come back in 5 years and he'd be the king.
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Meanwhile America is having no Kings protests.
- lioeters 11mo agoHilarious how there's vigorous discussion happening under a post with 200 votes and 100 comments, while it's been flagged the whole time. > No substance, no skill, just wheeling dealing That's their only real skill. There's an entire class of people who specialize in exploiting society's hard work.
- blobbers 11mo agoI think one thing I liked when I was in start-ups was working for folks straight out of grad school that genuinely cared about a problem, had some advanced knowledge about a topic and were just trying to turn it into a business. I felt like those were the kind of folks I could get on board with; not someone with an MBA that needs head count to reach their KPIs. Someone that cared about solving a problem and was genuinely smart.