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The biggest PR hack you can do, is not hire a PR firm.

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Sam Altman
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: April 22
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Starting a business is like riding a wave between life and death. If you can hang on long enough, you're bound to succeed
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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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Every company has a rocky beginning.
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I really believe that the single hardest thing in business is building a company that does repeatable innovation... and just has this ongoing culture of excellence as it grows.
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A single mediocre hire in the first five will often in fact kill a startup.
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Cofounder relationships are among the most important in the entire company.
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Before product/market fit, your only job that matters is to build a great product.
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