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In addition to relentlessly resourceful, you want a tough and a calm cofounder.

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Sam Altman
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: April 22
Entrepreneur
Chicago
Illinois
Samuel H. Altman
Samuel Altman
Tough
Team
Relentlessly
Resourceful
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Calm

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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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If you have several ideas that all seem pretty good, work on the one that you think about, when you're not trying to think about work.
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The cost of getting an early hire wrong is really high.
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Every company has a rocky beginning.
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Unfortunately the trick to great execution is to say no a lot.
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... and you can only have 2 or 3 things everyday, because everything else will just come at you you know fires in a day.
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Great execution towards a terrible idea will get you nowhere.
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Be suspicious of any work that is not building product or getting customers.
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Developing a personal connection with anyone you're trying to do a big deal with is really important.
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You need to figure out what the 2 or 3 most important things are, and then just do those.
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The company just needs to see you as like this maniacal execution machine.
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