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The way to have a company that executes well is you have to execute well yourself.

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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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Be suspicious of any work that is not building product or getting customers.
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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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You can have a startup and one other thing, you can have a family, but you probably can't have many other things.
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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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You should always know how you're doing against your metrics. You should always have a weekly review meeting every week.
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You cannot create a market that doesn't want to exist.
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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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1 of the hardest parts about being a founder, is that there are a 100 important things competing for your attention each day.
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You certainly don't need to have everything figured out in the path from here to world domination.
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... you can think about that for everyone you hire: will I bet the future of this company on this single hire? And that's a tough bar.
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In YC's case, the number one cause of early death for startups is cofounder blowups.
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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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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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If it works out, you're going to be working on this for 10 years.
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You want to sound crazy, but you want to actually be right.
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