Quote

You can have a startup and one other thing, you can have a family, but you probably can't have many other things.

Sam Altman

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Sam Altman
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: April 22
Entrepreneur
Chicago
Illinois
Samuel H. Altman
Samuel Altman
Hobbies
Probably
Family
Many
Thing
Things

More quotes by Sam Altman

Image
Ideas by themselves are not worth anything, only executing well is what creates value.
Sam Altman
Image
So always keep momentum, it's this prime directive for managing a startup.
Sam Altman
Image
Developing a personal connection with anyone you're trying to do a big deal with is really important.
Sam Altman
Image
... you can think about that for everyone you hire: will I bet the future of this company on this single hire? And that's a tough bar.
Sam Altman
Image
... but actually it sucks to have a lot of employees, and you should be proud of how few employees you have.
Sam Altman
Image
The biggest PR hack you can do, is not hire a PR firm.
Sam Altman
Image
Firing people is one of the worst parts of running a company. Actually in my own experience, I think it is the worst.
Sam Altman
Image
The other piece besides focus for execution is intensity. Startups only work at a fairly intense level.
Sam Altman
Image
Great execution towards a terrible idea will get you nowhere.
Sam Altman
Image
Employees will only add more value over time.
Sam Altman
Image
1 of the hardest parts about being a founder, is that there are a 100 important things competing for your attention each day.
Sam Altman
Image
... how much time you should be spending on hiring? The answer is 0 or 25 percent.
Sam Altman
Image
It really is true that you become an average of the people you spend the most time with.
Sam Altman
Image
You think you have this great idea that everyone's going to come join, but that's not how it works.
Sam Altman
Image
Starting a business is like riding a wave between life and death. If you can hang on long enough, you're bound to succeed
Sam Altman
Image
You should be able to describe any employee as an animal at what they do.
Sam Altman
Image
You have to let your team get all the credit for all the good stuff that happens, and you take responsibility for the bad stuff.
Sam Altman
Image
At the beginning, you should only hire when you have a desperate need to.
Sam Altman
Image
Growth solves (nearly) all problems
Sam Altman
Image
The best ideas often look terrible at the beginning the truly good ideas, don't seem like they're worth stealing.
Sam Altman