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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
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Chicago
Illinois
Samuel H. Altman
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Great execution towards a terrible idea will get you nowhere.
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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 need this sort of a tailwind to make a startup successful.
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I think as a rough estimate, you should aim to give about 10% of the company to the first 10 employees.
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Or a way to stay on strangers couches, that just sounds terrible all around.
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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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These all sounded really bad, but they turned out to be good. If they had sounded really good, there would have been too many people working on them.
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If you pivot, do it fully and with conviction. The worst thing is to try to do a bit of the old and the new-it's hard to kill your babies.
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The company just needs to see you as like this maniacal execution machine.
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Growth solves (nearly) all problems
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Most founders have not managed people before, and they certainly haven't managed managers.
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If it works out, you're going to be working on this for 10 years.
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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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If you compromise and hire someone mediocre you will always regret it.
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In YC's case, the number one cause of early death for startups is cofounder blowups.
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Employees will only add more value over time.
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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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Startups are not the best choice for work-life balance, and that's sort of just the sad reality.
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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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