Blitzscaling
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 19, 2023 by Sam Altman · across every show →
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Jul 19, 2023
Sam Altman: True blitzscaling requires getting the product right first
“The hard kind of blitzscaling is where you try to start scaling up before the product is really great, and then most of your effort in scaling is to generate demand. So I think the number one most important insight about how to blitzscale is that the good kind…”
Jan 31, 2026 neutral
Hoffman: Competing against blitzscalers forces companies to blitzscale too
“And if you're going up against blitzscalers, it's very hard to succeed without also blitzscaling because the blitzscaling will set the market. It may blow up, but we'll set the market. If it blows up, it'll probably blow you up with the market.”