The best ideas often look terrible at the beginning the truly good ideas, don't seem like they're worth stealing.
Sam AltmanYou need to have a culture where people have very high quality standards in everything the company does, but still move quickly.
Sam AltmanYou also want to fire people who a) create office politics, and b) who are persistently negative.
Sam AltmanI 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