Sam Altman: you can now build all 30 things — 'pick one idea' startup advice is obsolete
smtabatabaie · x · 2026-09-30
Quoted by TBPN, Sam Altman says the canonical startup advice from two years ago — "pick one and put all your effort into it, because you can't build all 30 things" — no longer applies.
- Today you can build all 30 things and get people to use them all
- Then focus more on the ones that work
- "Lots of ideas, quick feedback, and being open to many things not working" is the right mindset for this new era of building
The poster adds that startup playbooks are changing massively in the AI age.
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