executive
also referred to as: executives
5 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement May 1, 2017 by Sam Altman · across every show →
Everything said about executive, oldest first
May 1, 2017 positive
Altman: Hiring senior executives early is a mistake, but vital at scale
“In the early days of a startup, hiring senior people is usually a mistake. You just want people that get stuff done and the willingness to work hard and aptitude matters more than experience. As the company starts to scale, and at about this time when you have…”
Jan 11, 2023 bearish
Caldwell: Ex-Google executives join early startups because they underperformed or misunderstood reality
“What usually happens is they either are, either they joined your startup because they're, they weren't doing well. I'm trying to think of a nice way to say it. Either there's a reason they joined your startup and left Google, or they had expectations that you …”
Jan 10, 2025
Conrad: Founders should only practice 'founder mode' when critical systems break
“One, I think you need really good executives and you don't want to do the founder mode thing unless something's broken. You know, like you kind of want, cause you can't do it everywhere. Like you need people to help you run the company and like, and so you wan…”
May 22, 2026 negative