Great execution is at least 10 times more important and a 100 times harder than a good idea… — Sam Altman Execution Copy Share Image
Be suspicious of any work that is not building product or getting customers. — Sam Altman Building Copy Share Image
In general, it's best if you're building something that you yourself need. — Sam Altman Building 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 Effort Copy Share Image
... for the top twenty most valuable YC companies, all of them have at least two founders. — Sam Altman Company 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 Bad idea Copy Share Image
You have to let your team get all the credit for all the good stuff that happens, and you take responsibility for… — Sam Altman Bad stuff Copy Share Image
In general though, if you look at the track record of pivots, they don't become big companies. — Sam Altman Big companies Copy Share Image
We talk to a team they've gotten new things done, that's the best predictor we have that a company will be successful. — Sam Altman Being successful Copy Share Image
You need unstoppable people. You want people that are just going to get it done. — Sam Altman Done Copy Share Image
If you can just learn to think about the market first, you will have a big leg up on most people starting… — Sam Altman Bigs Copy Share Image
Momentum and growth are the lifeblood of startups. This is probably in the top three secrets of executing well. — Sam Altman Entrepreneurship Copy Share Image
... We probably funded a rate of something like one out of ten solo teams. — Sam Altman Rate Copy Share Image
Why now, why is this the perfect time for this particular idea, and to start this particular company? — Sam Altman Business Copy Share Image
Because it's one of these sort of connections between nodes- every pair of people adds communication overhead. — Sam Altman Add Copy Share Image
Cofounder relationships are among the most important in the entire company. — Sam Altman Business Copy Share Image
If you pivot, do it fully and with conviction. The worst thing is to try to do a bit of the old… — Sam Altman Baby Copy Share Image
Most of the best hires that I've made in my entire life have never done that thing before. — Sam Altman Done Copy Share Image
Investors will sort of like write the check and then, despite a lot of promises, don't usually do that much; sometimes they… — Sam Altman Checks Copy Share Image
For most of the early hires you make in a startup, experience doesn't matter very much, and you should go for aptitude. — Sam Altman Aptitude Copy Share Image
Be suspicious of any work that is not building product or getting customers. It's easy to get sucked into an infrastructure rewrite… — Sam Altman Building Copy Share Image
