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Every company has a rocky beginning.

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Sam Altman
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: April 22
Entrepreneur
Chicago
Illinois
Samuel H. Altman
Samuel Altman
Rocky
Beginning
Company
Every

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... but the pendulum has swung way out of whack here. A bad idea is still bad, and the pivot happy world we're in today feels suboptimal.
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The startups that do well are the ones that are working all the time.
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One thing that founders forget is that after they hire employees, they have to retain them.
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Before product/market fit, your only job that matters is to build a great product.
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So you should always stay on top of people's vesting schedules.
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You need this sort of a tailwind to make a startup successful.
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The biggest PR hack you can do, is not hire a PR firm.
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Most investors are obsessed with the market size today and they don't think about how the market is going to evolve.
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At the beginning, you should only hire when you have a desperate need to.
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Developing a personal connection with anyone you're trying to do a big deal with is really important.
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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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AirBnB spent 5 months interviewing their first employee, before they hired someone and in their first year, they only hired 2 people.
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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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Press releases are easier to write than code, and that is still easier than making a great product.
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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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If it takes more than a sentence to explain what you are doing, it's almost always a sign that what you are doing is too complicated.
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