Sam Altman Hard Quotations

The hard part of running a business is that there are a hundred things that you could be doing, and only five of those actually matter, and only one of them matters more than all of the rest of them combined. So figuring out there is a critical path thing to focus on and ignoring everything else is really important.

Everyone is looking for the hack, the secret to success without hard work.

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.

Most startups are not nearly focussed enough. They work hard...maybe, but they don't work hard on the right things.

You only get points when you make something the market wants. So if you work really hard on the wrong things, no one will care.