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an absolute Sam Altman banger. "innovation is easier with a relatively small team that has to make a decisive and clear concentrated bet and that doesn't tolerate any mediocre performers. that's it." small, focused, high-performing teams win.

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zeus.algo2 years ago

"Innovation is easier when you fund the team with money raised as a non-profit and then monetize the IP as a for-profit." Bonus points for not paying original content creators for training data and stealing everything else from existing social network companies. Sam Altman is just SBF 2.0, the next tech wunderkind narrative being pushed

A. Thorbjornson2 years ago

@sama You should be able to feed your team with a single pizza. That’s why I’m a one man team; I can eat an entire pizza by myself

Dabi (Dr David Liu)2 years ago

@yoheinakajima @sama This looks like his Melbourne visit if my memory doesn’t fail me? Would love to know if this talk was uploaded somewhere. I was there at the time and found it really inspiring.

andrew arruda 🎸2 years ago

@yoheinakajima @sama here it is:

tz 🏴‍☠️2 years ago

@sama yep the two-pizza team 🍕 is my sweet spot

sequoia taylor2 years ago

@yoheinakajima @sama @tamisawyer - same can be said for creating impact

M80 Marco2 years ago

@sama 💯

Todd in Santa Monica2 years ago

@sama Small teams backed by millions of slave laborers

Trader Zod2 years ago

@sama Altman is the definition of failing upwards. From failing at startups himself to being the CEO of OpenAI and giving advice on what it takes to win lol

Amit Kumar2 years ago

@sama Absolutely! 💪 Small, focused, high-performing teams are the way to go for innovation. Wise words from @sama! 🙌 #Innovation #Teamwork

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