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Leading Thoughts for October 22, 2020

Leading Blog

Entrepreneur and investor Sam Altman on the importance of value: “All companies that grow really big do so in only one way: people recommend the product or service to other people. No growth hack, brilliant marketing idea, or sales team can save you long term if you don't have a sufficiently good product.”.

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Doomsday Predictions Around ChatGPT Are Counter-Productive

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, OpenAI chief Sam Altman recently declared that he was “a little bit scared”, with the sentiment shared by OpenAI’s chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, who recently said that “at some point it will be quite easy, if one wanted, to cause a great deal of harm”. job market.

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Deep Factors Shaping the Global Economy

Leading Blog

Instead of focusing on moment–by-moment market predictions, author Daniel Altman, looks at deeper, underlying economic factors that we frequently overlook in the short-term view. And it is the deep factors matter the most says Altman. As this is the long view, Altman says that means that there is room to maneuver.

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Sleepless in Silicon Valley: What Keeps CEOs Up At Night

HR Digest

L-R): Anthony Horton, Chris McCarthy, Stephanie Neal In a recent interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed a startling confession: the architect of ChatGPT, a revolutionary language model capable of holding nuanced conversations and generating creative text formats, often struggles to sleep.

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The Best Way for Netflix to Keep Growing

Harvard Business Review

The company lost more than 15% of its stock market valuation over the past month after its growth numbers disappointed investors. In this context, it seems obvious that Netflix can and should become a platform, using one of the models described in my 2017 HBR article with Liz Altman. How would Netflix become a platform?

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A Dozen Lessons for Entrepreneurs

Leading Blog

You don’t want people to start amping up expectations for an early version of your product. Sam Altman: “In general, it’s best if you’re building something that you need. Sam Altman: “Eliminate distractions. The mistake is to launch it and get PR people involved.

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If You Think Downsizing Might Save Your Company, Think Again

Harvard Business Review

Detractors, on the other hand, point to negative consequences including performance and productivity declines, decreases in customer satisfaction, and adverse effects on remaining employees, such as increased stress. Proponents of downsizing argue that it is an effective strategy, with benefits such as increased performance and sales.