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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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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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Unfortunately the trick to great execution is to say no a lot.
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The startups that do well are the ones that are working all the time.
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You have to let your team get all the credit for all the good stuff that happens, and you take responsibility for the bad stuff.
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You don't need to make the structure complicated, in fact you shouldn't. All you need is for every employee to know who their manager is.
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You're saying no ninety-seven times out of a hundred, and most founders find they have to make a very conscious effort to do this.
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