SamNav
SamNav Archive 2013 The Only Way to Grow Huge
SA-2013-12 · Entry 0022Public essay

The Only Way to Grow Huge

All companies that grow really big do so in only one way: people recommend the product or service to other people.

Published 2013-12-03 1 min read 21 words 1 topics
Before you set out 2/5 Navigation SeverityPoorly MarkedFindable with effort. The title or placement undersells what is actually inside.

Summary

SamNav editorial

All companies that grow really big do so in only one way: people recommend the product or service to other people.

Excerpt · opening linespulled from source
All companies that grow really big do so in only one way: people recommend the product or service to other people. What this means is that if you want to be a great company some day, you have to eventually build something so good that people will recommend it to their friends--in fact, so good that they want to
SamNav stores no post bodies. Only enough to orient you - the rest lives at the source.
Original source
Read the full essay on Sam Altman's blog
blog.samaltman.com/the-only-way-to-grow-huge
Opens the original in a new tab · last reachable 2026-06-05
Go to source