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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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Growth

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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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Mediocre founders spend a lot of time talking about grand plans, but they never quite make a decision.
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The way to have a company that executes well is you have to execute well yourself.
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It really is true that you become an average of the people you spend the most time with.
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... the thing we see wrong with YC apps most frequently, is that people have not thought about the market first and what people want first.
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Long term thinking is so rare anywhere, but especially in startups. This is a huge advantage if you do it.
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Everyone starting a startup for the first time is scared, and everyone feels like a bit of an imposter.
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The biggest PR hack you can do, is not hire a PR firm.
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... but actually it sucks to have a lot of employees, and you should be proud of how few employees you have.
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The startups that do well are the ones that are working all the time.
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Losing focus is another way that founders get off track.
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Another way of looking at this, is that the best companies are almost always mission oriented.
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The second part of how to hire: try not to.
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... you want to be proud of how much you can get done with a small numbers of employees.
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The most common post YC failure case for the companies we fund, is they're incredibly focussed during YC on their company... and after they start doing a lot of other things. They advise companies, they go to conferences, whatever.
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Growth and momentum are what a startup lives on and you always have to focus on maintaining these.
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What being a founder means, is signing up for this years long grind on execution - and you can't outsource this.
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Remember that the idea will expand, and become more ambitious as you go.
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You can create value with breakthrough innovation, incremental refinement, or complex coordination. Great companies often do two of these. The very best companies do all three.
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To get the very best people- they have a lot of great options, and so it can easily take a year to recruit someone.
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