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Sam Altman
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: April 22
Entrepreneur
Chicago
Illinois
Samuel H. Altman
Samuel Altman
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Most things are not as risky as they seem.
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Most good founders that I know at any given time have a set of small overarching goals for the company that everybody in the company knows.
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The single word that matters most I think to keep the company productive as it grows is alignment.
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As you grow, it feels hopelessly corporate but it really is worth putting in place these compensation bands.
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Founders are usually very stingy with equity to employees and very generous with equity to investors. I think this is totally backwards.
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The most important thing is that there is clear reporting structure and everyone knows what it is.
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Another way of looking at this, is that the best companies are almost always mission oriented.
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Because so few people make an actual long term commitment to what they're building, the ones that do have a huge advantage.
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The thing that kills startups at some level, is the founders giving up.
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You think you have this great idea that everyone's going to come join, but that's not how it works.
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Unpopular but right is what you're going for.
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If you don't need it yourself, and you're building something that someone else needs, realize you're at a big disadvantage.
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You don't need to make the structure complicated, in fact you shouldn't. All you need is for every employee to know who their manager is.
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You have to save the vision speeches for when the company is winning. When you're not winning, you just have to get momentum back.
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Why now, why is this the perfect time for this particular idea, and to start this particular company?
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Startups are very hard no matter what you do you may as well go after a big opportunity.
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Great execution towards a terrible idea will get you nowhere.
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You're saying no ninety-seven times out of a hundred, and most founders find they have to make a very conscious effort to do this.
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If you compromise and hire someone mediocre you will always regret it.
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The way to have a company that executes well is you have to execute well yourself.
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