Can Altman

@CanAltman

I tweet big original, uncanned ideas about startups and technology.

San Francisco, CA
Joined January 2016
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  1. 17 May 2016

    Snapchat should start selling a bubble maker.

    Bought it
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  2. 3 Feb 2016

    Sounds like something would say.

    Major 🔑 Alert: One of the biggest differentiators between great founders and the mediocre ones is self awareness.
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  3. 29 Jan 2016

    Yeah.. Do these news sites really expect us to stop freeloading?

    The #1 reason I won't subscribe to the NYT, WSJ, FT etc is that auto-renewals mean an extra thing I have to think about.
  4. Retweeted
    28 Jan 2016
    Replying to

    Devs hate being forced to change. Suddenly shutting down Parse breaks their trust, discouraging future development on Facebook's platform

    8 replies 26 retweets 65 likes
  5. 26 Jan 2016

    This is not the batch of the year. It's the batch of the life.

  6. 23 Jan 2016

    drops mic

    Professional advice: don't compete for things that aren't worth winning.
  7. 23 Jan 2016

    Uhh.. Don't most companies fail anyways? Isn't that the whole point of having 60+ cos per batch?

    Replying to @sama
    and 2nd that companies that go thru multiple accels tend to underperform, though not always
  8. 22 Jan 2016

    Is Gary's playing Angry Bird on his phone?

    Make sure your strategy is on point ... It matters and makes working your fucking face off…
  9. 21 Jan 2016

    What if you include the founders?

    28% of people who work at are immigrants.
  10. 18 Jan 2016

    I actually thought would be a good manager. I was wrong, Internet. Sell !

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  11. 17 Jan 2016

    I'm pretty sure the banks are working on securitizing Powerball.

  12. 15 Jan 2016

    References a made-up thing without telling what it is. Living up to our standards. Atta-boy!

    Founders: Does your business pass the 4am test?
  13. 15 Jan 2016
    Replying to

    I guess what I'm saying is that everything we've ever preached here at YC until now is wrong.

  14. 15 Jan 2016

    I wrote something. Not entirely sure why, but I did.

    1 reply
  15. 15 Jan 2016

    Will ever be $30+?

  16. 15 Jan 2016

    The big update that will bring to a new high! Hell yeah. /s

    Now you can adjust how long your Twitter Polls run! Do you need to adjust your New Year's resolutions too?
    1 like
  17. Retweeted
    15 Jan 2016

    Key lessons: 1/don't pre-announce valuation targets on uncompleted rounds, & 2/don't chase Unicorn status as goal.

    DoorDash has struggled to raise a new round at a $1 billion valuation by &
    11 replies 54 retweets 143 likes
  18. 14 Jan 2016

    I'll be real: Paul's essays are not skimmable and I don't like his style. I'm not the one to spend half an hour staring at my mornitor.

  19. 14 Jan 2016

    "Pack it up guys"

    Also new record lows for -- rough market out there.
  20. 13 Jan 2016

    Hey : you are vastly overvalued.

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