A Quote by Sam Altman

Loopt wouldn't have happened without Y Combinator.

Sam Altman

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Sam Altman
American - Businessman

I actually made a website called Y2 Combinator, which was the Y Combinator that starts Y Combinator clones. There's a very clear difference in the quality between the companies that come from YC and the companies that don't.

Patrick Collison

Asking what I'd do without Loopt is almost like asking what I would do if I didn't have a smartphone because the feature set has become the norm for me.

Sam Altman

Without the railways, the Holocaust wouldn't have happened. I don't actually think the second world war would have happened without them.

Chris Tarrant

I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without knowing it, and without being told by the history of theater - which we now see from a historical point of view was an explosive time.

James Earl Jones

Loopt isn't a service that keeps you locked in, staring at your screen.

Sam Altman

With Loopt Star, consumers get to tap interactive rewards wherever they may be.

Sam Altman

The Loopt mobile app is all about giving you the latest local deals and insider tips.

Sam Altman

That culture of frugality and discipline is really important for the Y Combinator mindset.

Sam Altman

The Work reveals that what you think shouldn't have happened should have happened. It should happened because it did, and no thinking in the world can change it. This doesn't mean that you condone it or approve of it. It just means that you can see things without resistance and without the confusion of your inner struggle. No one wants their children to get sick, no one wants to be in a car accident; but when these things happen, how can it be helpful to mentally argue with them? We know better than to do that, yet we do it, because we don't know how to stop.

Byron Katie

The biggest part of Loopt is about discovering the world around you, never replacing a social experience - only adding to it.

Sam Altman

After selling Twitch, I worked at Y Combinator, investing as a partner there for a couple of years.

Justin Kan

Finding entrepreneurs from diverse and international backgrounds is a top priority for us at Y Combinator.

Michael Seibel

The thing about Y Combinator that's cool is that most companies won't happen if we don't fund them.

Sam Altman

Would the Protestant Reformation have happened without the printing press? Would the American Revolution have happened without pamphlets? Probably not. But neither printing presses nor pamphlets were the heroes of reform and revolution.

Rebecca MacKinnon

Communication services need interoperability to succeed - and Loopt is the first such service since SMS that is available across all major U.S. wireless carriers.

Sam Altman

What I Iove about Y Combinator is that it is a level playing field. If you get in, you immediately become a Silicon Valley insider.

Michael Seibel