The single word that matters most I think to keep the company productive as it grows is alignment. Sam Altman More Quotes by Sam Altman More Quotes From Sam Altman 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. Sam Altman conviction trying baby Remember that you are more likely to die because you execute badly than get crushed by a competitor. Sam Altman competitors crushed remember Whatever the founder cares about, whatever the founders think are the key goals, that's going to be what the whole company focusses on. Sam Altman keys goal thinking One of the great and terrible things about starting a start up is that you get no credit for trying. Sam Altman starting credit trying Move fast. Speed is one of your main advantages over large companies. Sam Altman advantage speed moving Share results (financial and key metrics) with the company every month. Sam Altman metrics months keys Stay focused and don't try to do too many things at once. Care about execution quality. Sam Altman quality care trying Growth solves (nearly) all problems Sam Altman solve growth problem You can't be focussed without really great communication Sam Altman great-communication really-great communication 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 communication. Sam Altman communication struggle said As long as you keep doing the right thing and have the best product, you can beat the bigger company. Sam Altman beats bigger long Great execution is at least 10 times more important and a 100 times harder than a good idea. Sam Altman execution important ideas Most good founders that I know at any given time have a set of small overarching goals for the company that everybody in the company knows. Sam Altman founders given goal You're saying no ninety-seven times out of a hundred, and most founders find they have to make a very conscious effort to do this. Sam Altman saying-no seven effort Most startups are not nearly focussed enough. They work hard...maybe, but they don't work hard on the right things. Sam Altman hard hard-work enough You need to figure out what the 2 or 3 most important things are, and then just do those. Sam Altman figures important needs Ideas by themselves are not worth anything, only executing well is what creates value. Sam Altman executing wells ideas There's at least a hundred times more people with great ideas than people that are willing to put in the effort to execute them well. Sam Altman effort people ideas The company just needs to see you as like this maniacal execution machine. Sam Altman execution machines needs So if you want a culture where people work hard, & pay attention to detail, focus on the customer, are frugal: you have to do it yourself. Sam Altman focus hard-work people
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