The company just needs to see you as like this maniacal execution machine. — Sam Altman Business Copy Share Image
If someone is getting every decision wrong, that's when you need to act, and at that point it'll be painfully aware to… — Sam Altman Decision Copy Share Image
People that are really smart and that can learn new things can almost always find a role in the company as time… — Sam Altman Business Copy Share Image
In addition to relentlessly resourceful, you want a tough and a calm cofounder. — Sam Altman Calm Copy Share Image
AirBnB spent 5 months interviewing their first employee, before they hired someone and in their first year, they only hired 2 people. — Sam Altman Airbnb Copy Share Image
You want to continue to be run by great products, not process for it's own sake. — Sam Altman Process Copy Share Image
You'll get more support on a hard, important, project than a derivative one. — Sam Altman Derivatives Copy Share Image
If you don't love and believe in what you're building, you're likely to give up at some point along the way. — Sam Altman Believe 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 Again and again Copy Share Image
One thing that often disrupts momentum and really shouldn't is competitors. — Sam Altman Competitors Copy Share Image
Just put a little pin in your mind: when you cross 50 employees, there are a new set of HR rules that… — Sam Altman Crosses Copy Share Image
It's better to have a few users love your product than for a lot of users to sort of like it. — Sam Altman Inspirational Copy Share Image
When it comes to starting startups, in many ways, it's easier to start a hard startup than an easy startup. — Sam Altman Easier Copy Share Image
The startups that do well are the ones that are working all the time. — Sam Altman Entrepreneurship Copy Share Image
For early employees you want people that have somewhat of a risk-taking attitude. — Sam Altman Attitude Copy Share Image
Some day everyone will find out everyone else's comp, if it's all over the place, it will be a complete meltdown disaster — Sam Altman Disaster Copy Share Image
Once your product is working, switch from not caring about this to caring about this a little bit. — Sam Altman Bits Copy Share Image
If someone is choosing between joining McKinsey or your startup it's very unlikely they're going to work out at the startup. — Sam Altman Entrepreneurship Copy Share Image
Later, you should learn to hire fast and scale up the company, but in the early days the goal should be not… — Sam Altman Business Copy Share Image
You should always know how you're doing against your metrics. You should always have a weekly review meeting every week. — Sam Altman Know how Copy Share Image
Starting a business is like riding a wave between life and death. If you can hang on long enough, you're bound to… — Sam Altman Between life and death Copy Share Image
Most investors are obsessed with the market size today and they don't think about how the market is going to evolve. — Sam Altman Evolve Copy Share Image
