OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Silicon Valley luminaries taught him how to be ok with standing out when making investments.
“The thing I really learned from Peter Thiel and Paul Graham, both in two different ways, which is that the very best companies, the very best investment opportunities are almost never the ones that look really popular,” Altman said during a recent episode of the “Invest Like The Best” podcast.
Altman said following the crowd can help to a point, but it’s only when you pick companies that may look unpopular in the moment that you open yourself up to a potentially transformative opportunity.
“You can do okay just following the…
