I made a point in this post inelegantly in a way that was easy to misunderstand, so I’d like to clarify it. I didn’t mean that we need to tolerate brilliant hom…

Sam Altman · 16 December 2017

Earlier this year, I noticed something in China that really surprised me. I realized I felt more comfortable discussing controversial ideas in Beijing than in S…

Sam Altman · 14 December 2017

A popular topic in Silicon Valley is talking about what year humans and machines will merge (or, if not, what year humans will get surpassed by rapidly improvin…

Sam Altman · 7 December 2017

I’d like feedback on the following idea. I think that every adult US citizen should get an annual share of the US GDP. I believe that owning something like a sh…

Sam Altman · 27 November 2017

A sea of information at a public library in Toronto, c/o burst.shopify.com While product managers may not build the actual product, they do produce something ve…

The Black Box of Product Management - Medium · 11 July 2017

giphy.com For as long as I’ve been working in tech I’ve heard this oscillating debate about the use of deadlines in projects, with particularly strong opinions …

The Black Box of Product Management - Medium · 12 April 2017

sorting.at All high functioning teams must prioritize. Not once a month, not once a week — but rigorously, and ruthlessly . Prioritization means doing the thing…

The Black Box of Product Management - Medium · 11 April 2017

I get every new PM I manage to read (or re-read) High Output Management by Andy Grove within the first month of joining my team. It’s a timeless, no bullshit ov…

The Black Box of Product Management - Medium · 29 November 2016

We just enabled 325,000 merchants to sell in messaging, without building a bot. Our team at Shopify has been working on “conversational commerce” for about year…

The Black Box of Product Management - Medium · 16 October 2016