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Sam Altman
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: April 22
Entrepreneur
Chicago
Illinois
Samuel H. Altman
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... you can think about that for everyone you hire: will I bet the future of this company on this single hire? And that's a tough bar.
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The track record for founders that don't already know each other is really bad.
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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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Most things are not as risky as they seem.
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A small communication breakdown is enough for everyone to be working on slightly different things. And then you loose focus.
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You have to be decisive. Indecisiveness is a startup killer.
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In general, it's best if you're building something that you yourself need.
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You can basically change everything in a startup but the market.
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Mediocre founders spend a lot of time talking about grand plans, but they never quite make a decision.
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In the early stage of a startup, hiring senior people is usually a mistake. You just want people that get stuff done.
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The biggest PR hack you can do, is not hire a PR firm.
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As the company grows and about this 25 or so employee size, your main job shifts from building a great product to building a great company.
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Another way of looking at this, is that the best companies are almost always mission oriented.
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One thing I tell startups all the time is that the best way to grow is to make their product better.
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You also want to fire people who a) create office politics, and b) who are persistently negative.
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The startups that do well are the ones that are working all the time.
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... how much time you should be spending on hiring? The answer is 0 or 25 percent.
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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 of the biggest advantages that start ups have is execution speed and you have to have this relentless operating rhythm.
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Be suspicious of any work that is not building product or getting customers. It's easy to get sucked into an infrastructure rewrite death spiral.
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