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... you want to be proud of how much you can get done with a small numbers of employees.

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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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If you compromise and hire someone mediocre you will always regret it.
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