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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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Sam Altman
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: April 22
Entrepreneur
Chicago
Illinois
Samuel H. Altman
Samuel Altman
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In the beginning of a company, there is no management and this actually works really well.
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The natural state of a start-up is to die most start-ups require multiple miracles in their early days to escape this fate.
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Be suspicious of any work that is not building product or getting customers.
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You need unstoppable people. You want people that are just going to get it done.
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So you should always stay on top of people's vesting schedules.
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No growth hack, brilliant marketing idea, or sales team can save you long term if you don't have a sufficiently good product.
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Or a way to stay on strangers couches, that just sounds terrible all around.
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You think you have this great idea that everyone's going to come join, but that's not how it works.
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The track record for founders that don't already know each other is really bad.
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