Sam Altman
Sam Altman
Samuel H. "Sam" Altmanis an American entrepreneur, programmer, venture capitalist and blogger. He is the president of Y Combinator and co-chairman of OpenAI...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
way grows one-thing
One thing I tell startups all the time is that the best way to grow is to make their product better.
seems
Most things are not as risky as they seem.
winning best-experiences products
You can win with the best product, the best price, or the best experience.
ideas important execution
Great execution is at least 10 times more important and a 100 times harder than a good idea…
long beats bigger
As long as you keep doing the right thing and have the best product, you can beat the bigger company.
company
Every company has a rocky beginning.
growth problem solve
Growth solves (nearly) all problems
two innovation three
You can create value with breakthrough innovation, incremental refinement, or complex coordination. Great companies often do two of these. The very best companies do all three.
baby trying conviction
If you pivot, do it fully and with conviction. The worst thing is to try to do a bit of the old and the new-it's hard to kill your babies.
love-you products users
It's better to have a few users love your product than for a lot of users to sort of like it.
easy building infrastructure
Be suspicious of any work that is not building product or getting customers. It's easy to get sucked into an infrastructure rewrite death spiral.
building customers products
Be suspicious of any work that is not building product or getting customers.
thinking years want
You also really want to take the time to think about how the market is going to evolve.You need a market that's going to be big in 10 years.
ideas people want
You want an idea that not many other people are working on, and it's okay if it doesn't sound big at first.