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You need unstoppable people. You want people that are just going to get it done.

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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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Everyone starting a startup for the first time is scared, and everyone feels like a bit of an imposter.
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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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The single word that matters most I think to keep the company productive as it grows is alignment.
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AirBnB spent 5 months interviewing their first employee, before they hired someone and in their first year, they only hired 2 people.
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The second part of how to hire: try not to.
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The cost of getting an early hire wrong is really high.
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Or a way to stay on strangers couches, that just sounds terrible all around.
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When lack of structure fails, it fails all at once. What works totally fine from 0-20 employees, is disastrous at 30.
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... but the pendulum has swung way out of whack here. A bad idea is still bad, and the pivot happy world we're in today feels suboptimal.
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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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... fire fast when it's not working. It's better for the company, it's also better for the employee.
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One thing that often disrupts momentum and really shouldn't is competitors.
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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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If you compromise and hire someone mediocre you will always regret it.
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