Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI and was President of Y Combinator

He's written 111 essays about startups

Here are the 14 that will help you think clearly about the future:

Fundraising mistakes founders make:

Sam shares the 10 most common mistakes he sees founders make when raising money

https://t.co/Ds2dTDLwCL
Startup advice:

95 sentences to help you run your startup

https://t.co/UtkO2ys9GU
Productivity:

Productivity in the wrong direction isn’t worth anything at all

Think more about what to work on first

https://t.co/pU6yJ3p7Cj
How to be successful:

13 thoughts about how to achieve outlier success

https://t.co/dsgNw0MhoI
Super successful companies:

The companies that become huge tend to have common traits in their earliest days

https://t.co/OIjM96usNV
How to hire:

It's really hard and really important to hire good people

In fact, it’s probably the most important thing a founder does

https://t.co/RZQxFf0IZX
Advice for ambitious 19 year olds:

Sam makes the case that there's no one right path, as long as you optimize for what gets you closer to something great

https://t.co/8x8fTPRbee
Don't read the comments:

There are two kinds of people in the world

1. The ones that build the future
2. The ones who write posts on the internet about why the other type will fail

https://t.co/ziEgRDwiZl
The only way to grow huge:

All companies that grow really big do so because people recommend the product or service to other people

https://t.co/5wNzLirtUl
Before growth:

Until users are spontaneously telling other people to use a product, founders are generally better off focusing on making that happen instead of a specific growth target

https://t.co/z6xTsoCjTk
Hard startups:

Easy startups are easy to start but hard to succeed with

Hard startups are hard to start but easier to succeed with

https://t.co/ymUmyy9ieM
Idea generation:

A good test for an idea is if you can articulate why most people think it’s a bad idea, but you understand what makes it good

https://t.co/J7SP4G3FdJ
How to get things done:

Sam's answer? A combination of focus and personal connections

https://t.co/jEbAfPmbYr
Projects and companies:

Stay a project as long as you can — eventually you'll have no choice but to become a company

https://t.co/4eHlkrOPoO
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