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{"id":636663483279388700,"conversation_id":"636663398726418432","created_at":1440627377000,"date":"2015-08-26","time":"22:16:17","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1605,"username":"sama","name":"Sam Altman","place":"","tweet":"Going to use this as our definition for failed count going forward.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":13,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/sama/status/636663483279388672","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1605","username":"sama"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":636663398726418400,"conversation_id":"636663398726418432","created_at":1440627357000,"date":"2015-08-26","time":"22:15:57","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1605,"username":"sama","name":"Sam Altman","place":"","tweet":"On the stringent definition of \"failed\", only 177 YC companies have actually shut down in the legal sense (not counting adrift, acquired).","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":15,"likes_count":36,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/sama/status/636663398726418432","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1605","username":"sama"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":633380242288017400,"conversation_id":"633380242288017408","created_at":1439844592000,"date":"2015-08-17","time":"20:49:52","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1605,"username":"sama","name":"Sam Altman","place":"","tweet":"I'd love to see VCs cap their salaries at $300k and invest the excess fees in their fund alongside their LPs. Returns would improve.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":18,"retweets_count":387,"likes_count":303,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/sama/status/633380242288017408","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1605","username":"sama"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":633322678519140400,"conversation_id":"633322226553491457","created_at":1439830867000,"date":"2015-08-17","time":"17:01:07","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1605,"username":"sama","name":"Sam Altman","place":"","tweet":"Just seems easier to spin out Yahoo than spin out Alibaba given the tax issues etc.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":6,"likes_count":14,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/sama/status/633322678519140352","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1605","username":"sama"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":633322463292584000,"conversation_id":"633322226553491457","created_at":1439830816000,"date":"2015-08-17","time":"17:00:16","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1605,"username":"sama","name":"Sam Altman","place":"","tweet":"I.E., investors can get what they want, and Mayer can take the Yahoo operating businesses private for free. And fits tax code easily.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":17,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/sama/status/633322463292583937","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1605","username":"sama"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":633322226553491500,"conversation_id":"633322226553491457","created_at":1439830760000,"date":"2015-08-17","time":"16:59:20","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1605,"username":"sama","name":"Sam Altman","place":"","tweet":"Serious question--if Yahoo without Alibaba and Yahoo Japan is worth nothing, why don't they just spin out the operating businesses?","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":12,"retweets_count":20,"likes_count":54,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/sama/status/633322226553491457","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1605","username":"sama"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":633315450139508700,"conversation_id":"633315450139508736","created_at":1439829144000,"date":"2015-08-17","time":"16:32:24","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1605,"username":"sama","name":"Sam Altman","place":"","tweet":"I love burning man. Best week of the year in SF.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":13,"likes_count":157,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/sama/status/633315450139508736","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1605","username":"sama"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":633061569857851400,"conversation_id":"633060568786571264","created_at":1439768614000,"date":"2015-08-16","time":"23:43:34","timezone":"UTC","user_id":1605,"username":"sama","name":"Sam Altman","place":"","tweet":"(I should disclose: I do not have a degree.)","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":23,"retweets_count":28,"likes_count":193,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/sama/status/633061569857851393","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"1605","username":"sama"}],"retweet_date":""}
