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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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Sam Altman
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: April 22
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You don't get to make their decisions but you do get to choose the decision makers.
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... fire fast when it's not working. It's better for the company, it's also better for the employee.
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Most founders have not managed people before, and they certainly haven't managed managers.
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... and you can only have 2 or 3 things everyday, because everything else will just come at you you know fires in a day.
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You should be able to describe any employee as an animal at what they do.
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You want to sound crazy, but you want to actually be right.
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Before product/market fit, your only job that matters is to build a great product.
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As the company grows and about this 25 or so employee size, your main job shifts from building a great product to building a great company.
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Most of the best hires that I've made in my entire life have never done that thing before.
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We talk to a team they've gotten new things done, that's the best predictor we have that a company will be successful.
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In general though, if you look at the track record of pivots, they don't become big companies.
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You need unstoppable people. You want people that are just going to get it done.
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