TEAM

A small team that cares deeply about craft will always outship a large team that doesn't.

OpenAI has 1,500 employees. Stability AI had 300. We have 40. Forty people generating $200 million in revenue. That's not a company — that's a leverage ratio.

The war in Ukraine forced us to relocate our Russian engineering team. It was the hardest thing we have ever done as a company. But the team came together and we did not miss a single product deadline.

Small teams with high conviction will outperform large teams with consensus every time.

I back people first, ideas second. The best business plans fail with the wrong team. The worst business plans succeed with the right one.

Much of an entrepreneur's success depends on the team he builds. You always have to hire people who are smarter than you.

I have three criteria for investment: the team, the market, and the product. But the most important is the team.

Sometimes I feel like I'm managing the X-Men Academy.