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Sam Altman's Brutal Hiring Truth

By Sam Altman · Leadership · 2 min read

Sam Altman learned the hard way. Your team makes or breaks you.

Key Points

Important that I wanted to talk about it again the best companies
You don't usually create like a Facebook siiz Company by doing that
Good that one of my friends spontaneously told me about it they
Spot on your power law of returns
I think this is like a important filter

The best companies all have great products unfortunately the current fashion in Silicon V

Let's Set the Scene

Sam Altman built OpenAI. And Altman has a take that most people aren't ready for.

Here's Sam Altman in their own words: "Important that I wanted to talk about. It again the best companies all have great products unfortunately."

The current fashion in Silicon Valley I think has gone a little bit too away from. This and it's too much about growth hacking.

The best companies all have great products unfortunately t

Why This Matters

You don't usually create like a Facebook siiz Company by doing. That and here is the very simple framework. I use for this if I think about all of.

I use for this if I think about all of. The most successful internet mobile startups I heard about those be. This is like true for Enterprise and consumer apps.

This is like true for Enterprise and consumer apps. I heard about those because they were.

Of the most successful internet mobile startups I heard about those be

Sam Altman's Framework

Good that one of my friends spontaneously told me about. It they were not being incentivized to. That was not they didn't Market to me.

That was not they didn't Market to me. They didn't advertise to me it was like someone. I trusted said you got to try.

I trusted said you got to try. This new thing it's amazing and if. The startup is not going to get.

The startup is not going to get. There I think they will not be at.

Like someone I trusted said you got to try this new thing

What Sam Altman Figured Out

Spot on your power law of returns.

Think about that for a second. Most founders miss this.

Spot on your power law of returns

The Counterintuitive Part

I think this is like a important filter.

Think about that for a second. Most founders miss this.

I think this is like a important filter

Your Move

Amazing and if the startup is not going to get. There I think they will not be at.

That's the play. Sam Altman learned it the hard way so you don't have to.

That number one spot on your power law of returns so I