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You have to save the vision speeches for when the company is winning. When you're not winning, you just have to get momentum back.

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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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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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Cofounder relationships are among the most important in the entire company.
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Starting a business is like riding a wave between life and death. If you can hang on long enough, you're bound to succeed
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Growth and momentum are what a startup lives on and you always have to focus on maintaining these.
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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 should always know how you're doing against your metrics. You should always have a weekly review meeting every week.
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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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The company just needs to see you as like this maniacal execution machine.
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In the early stage of a startup, hiring senior people is usually a mistake. You just want people that get stuff done.
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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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The best people know that they should join a rocketship.
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... the thing we see wrong with YC apps most frequently, is that people have not thought about the market first and what people want first.
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Don't let the company get distracted or excited about other things. A common mistake is that companies get excited by their own PR.
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When it comes to starting startups, in many ways, it's easier to start a hard startup than an easy startup.
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In addition to relentlessly resourceful, you want a tough and a calm cofounder.
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You only get points when you make something the market wants. So if you work really hard on the wrong things, no one will care.
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So always keep momentum, it's this prime directive for managing a startup.
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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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No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people.
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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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