The best ideas often look terrible at the beginning the truly good ideas, don't seem like they're worth stealing. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
Why now, why is this the perfect time for this particular idea, and to start this particular company? — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
You want an idea that not many other people are working on, and it's okay if it doesn't sound big at first. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
You think you have this great idea that everyone's going to come join, but that's not how it works. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
Remember that the idea will expand, and become more ambitious as you go. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
Wait to start a startup until you come up with an idea that you feel compelled to explore. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
... but the pendulum has swung way out of whack here. A bad idea is still bad, and the pivot happy world… — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
You want an idea that turns into a monopoly. But you can't get a monopoly, in a big market right away; too… — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
You want an idea about what you can say. I know it sounds like a bad idea but here's specifically why its… — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
If you look at successful pivots, they almost always are a pivot into something that the founder wanted. Not a random made… — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
We hear again and again from founders, that they wish they had waited to start a startup until they came up with… — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
There's at least a hundred times more people with great ideas than people that are willing to put in the effort to… — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
No growth hack, brilliant marketing idea, or sales team can save you long term if you don't have a sufficiently good product. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
If you have several ideas that all seem pretty good, work on the one that you think about, when you're not trying… — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
Great execution is at least 10 times more important and a 100 times harder than a good idea… — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
It's become popular in recent years to say that the idea doesn't matter. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
There are exceptions of course, but most companies start with a great idea - not a pivot. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
A related advantage of mission oriented ideas, is that you yourself will be dedicated to them. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
Someday, you need to build a business that's difficult to replicate. This is an important part of a good idea. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
I myself used to believe ideas didn't matter that much, but I'm very sure that's wrong now. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
Ideas by themselves are not worth anything, only executing well is what creates value. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
One thing I tell startups all the time is that the best way to grow is to make their product better. — Sam Altman Copy Share
A winning team feels good and keeps winning. A team that hasn't won in a while gets demotivated and keeps losing. — Sam Altman Copy Share
You're either not hiring at all or it's probably your single biggest block of time. — Sam Altman Copy Share
Execution gets divided into two key questions: 1) can you figure out what to do and 2) can you get it done. — Sam Altman Copy Share
I prefer to invest in a company that's going after a small but rapidly growing market than a big but slow growing one. — Sam Altman Copy Share
Startups are not the best choice for work-life balance, and that's sort of just the sad reality. — Sam Altman Copy Share
One of the biggest advantages that start ups have is execution speed and you have to have this relentless operating rhythm. — Sam Altman Copy Share
One of the keys to focus, and why I said cofounders that aren't friends really struggle, is that you can't be focused without good… — Sam Altman Copy Share
Startups are very hard no matter what you do; you may as well go after a big opportunity. — Sam Altman Copy Share
