Growth and momentum are what a startup lives on and you always have to focus on maintaining these. Sam Altman More Quotes by Sam Altman More Quotes From Sam Altman Facebook has this famous poster that says move fast and break things. But at the same time they manage to be obsessed with quality. Sam Altman postersqualitymoving It's really easy to get PR with no results & it actually feels like you're really actually cool, but in a year you'll still have nothing. Sam Altman like-youeasyyears Here's a good rule of thumb: don't worry about a competitor at all, until they're actually beating you with a real shipped product. Sam Altman thumbsrealworry You should always know how you're doing against your metrics. You should always have a weekly review meeting every week. Sam Altman metricsweekshould The best founders work on things that seem small but they move really quickly. They get things done really quickly. Sam Altman foundersdonemoving Don't let the company get distracted or excited about other things. A common mistake is that companies get excited by their own PR. Sam Altman excitedmistakecommon Keep salaries low and equity high. Keep the organization as flat as you can. Sam Altman salaryorganizationlows 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. Sam Altman innovationthreetwo It really is true that you become an average of the people you spend the most time with. Sam Altman averagepeople The role of the board is advice and consent. If the CEO does not lay out a clear strategy and tries to get the board to set one, it will usually end in disaster. Sam Altman doeadvicetrying Aim to be the best in the world at whatever you do professionally. Even if you miss, you'll probably end up in a pretty good place. Sam Altman being-the-bestmissingworld You never want to be in a place where an employee has vested 3 out of the 4 years of stock and they start thinking about leaving. Sam Altman leavingyearsthinking Everyone starting a startup for the first time is scared, and everyone feels like a bit of an imposter. Sam Altman scaredstartingfirsts Just put a little pin in your mind: when you cross 50 employees, there are a new set of HR rules that you have to comply with. Sam Altman crossesmindlittles So you should always stay on top of people's vesting schedules. Sam Altman schedulesshouldpeople As you grow, the productivity I think, goes down with the square of the number of employees if you don't make an effort. Sam Altman squaresnumbersthinking Because it's one of these sort of connections between nodes- every pair of people adds communication overhead. Sam Altman pairscommunicationpeople You want to continue to be run by great products, not process for it's own sake. Sam Altman sakewantrunning I really believe that the single hardest thing in business is building a company that does repeatable innovation... and just has this ongoing culture of excellence as it grows. Sam Altman innovationexcellencebelieve Because so few people make an actual long term commitment to what they're building, the ones that do have a huge advantage. Sam Altman longpeoplecommitment
