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You cannot create a market that doesn't want to exist.

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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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Startups are very hard no matter what you do you may as well go after a big opportunity.
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... but actually it sucks to have a lot of employees, and you should be proud of how few employees you have.
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A single mediocre hire in the first five will often in fact kill a startup.
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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 want to be proud of how much you can get done with a small numbers of employees.
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Cofounder relationships are among the most important in the entire company.
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The startups that do well are the ones that are working all the time.
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