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It's easy to move fast or be obsessed with quality, but the trick is you have to do both at a startup.

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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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