Sam Altman Quotes - Page 10

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• I think the best thing you can do is be aware that as a first time founder you are likely to be a very bad manager.

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  Team, Thinking, Firsts

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• Firing people is one of the worst parts of running a company. Actually in my own experience, I think it is the worst.

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  Running, Team, Thinking

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• You don't get to make their decisions but you do get to choose the decision makers.

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  Team, Decision, Makers

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• People that are really smart and that can learn new things can almost always find a role in the company as time goes on.

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  Team, Smart, People

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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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  Senior, Mistake, People

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• Every thing at a startup gets modeled after the founders. Whatever the founders do becomes the culture.

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  Culture, Founders

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• So you should always stay on top of people's vesting schedules.

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  People, Schedules, Should

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• The best founders work on things that seem small but they move really quickly. They get things done really quickly.

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  Moving, Done, Founders

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• You need conviction in your own beliefs, and the willingness to ignore others naysaying.

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  Needs, Belief, Conviction

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• If someone is getting every decision wrong, that's when you need to act, and at that point it'll be painfully aware to everyone.

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  Team, Decision, Needs

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