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Later, you should learn to hire fast and scale up the company, but in the early days the goal should be not to hire. Not to hire.

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Sam Altman
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: April 22
Entrepreneur
Chicago
Illinois
Samuel H. Altman
Samuel Altman
Goal
Scale
Learn
Scales
Fast
Later
Early
Team
Days
Company
Hire

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