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No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people.

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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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The single word that matters most I think to keep the company productive as it grows is alignment.
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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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If it works out, you're going to be working on this for 10 years.
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The best ideas often look terrible at the beginning the truly good ideas, don't seem like they're worth stealing.
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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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If someone is getting every decision wrong, that's when you need to act, and at that point it'll be painfully aware to everyone.
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One of the biggest advantages that start ups have is execution speed and you have to have this relentless operating rhythm.
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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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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 track record for founders that don't already know each other is really bad.
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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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One of the great and terrible things about starting a start up is that you get no credit for trying.
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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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Most of the best hires that I've made in my entire life have never done that thing before.
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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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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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The most important thing is that there is clear reporting structure and everyone knows what it is.
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Obsess about the quality of the product.
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You need to have a culture where people have very high quality standards in everything the company does, but still move quickly.
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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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