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Sam Altman
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: April 22
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Illinois
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One of the biggest advantages that start ups have is execution speed and you have to have this relentless operating rhythm.
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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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The other piece besides focus for execution is intensity. Startups only work at a fairly intense level.
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Most good founders that I know at any given time have a set of small overarching goals for the company that everybody in the company knows.
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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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If it works out, you're going to be working on this for 10 years.
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The single word that matters most I think to keep the company productive as it grows is alignment.
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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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... how much time you should be spending on hiring? The answer is 0 or 25 percent.
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You need unstoppable people. You want people that are just going to get it done.
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Firing people is one of the worst parts of running a company. Actually in my own experience, I think it is the worst.
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I believe in fighting with investors to reduce the amount of equity they get and then being as generous as you possibly can with employees.
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The company just needs to see you as like this maniacal execution machine.
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You need to have a culture where people have very high quality standards in everything the company does, but still move quickly.
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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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The startups that do well are the ones that are working all the time.
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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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You want to sound crazy, but you want to actually be right.
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Unfortunately the trick to great execution is to say no a lot.
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Everyone starting a startup for the first time is scared, and everyone feels like a bit of an imposter.
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