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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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Whatever the founder cares about, whatever the founders think are the key goals, that's going to be what the whole company focusses on.
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In YC's case, the number one cause of early death for startups is cofounder blowups.
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If you have several ideas that all seem pretty good, work on the one that you think about, when you're not trying to think about work.
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You need unstoppable people. You want people that are just going to get it done.
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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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Aim to be the best in the world at whatever you do professionally. Even if you miss, you'll probably end up in a pretty good place.
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Starting a business is like riding a wave between life and death. If you can hang on long enough, you're bound to succeed
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One thing that founders always underestimate is how hard it is to recruit.
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Losing focus is another way that founders get off track.
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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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A board member of mine used to say sales fix everything in a startup, and that is really true.
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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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In addition to relentlessly resourceful, you want a tough and a calm cofounder.
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Later, you should learn to hire fast and scale up the company, but in the early days the goal should be not to hire. Not to hire.
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I believe in fighting with investors to reduce the amount of equity they get and then being as generous as you possibly can with employees.
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In the early stage of a startup, hiring senior people is usually a mistake. You just want people that get stuff done.
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You only get points when you make something the market wants. So if you work really hard on the wrong things, no one will care.
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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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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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Momentum and growth are the lifeblood of startups. This is probably in the top three secrets of executing well.
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