Founders are usually very stingy with equity to employees and very generous with equity to investors. I think this is totally backwards. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #MakeItHappen
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I grew up with a computer, and many of my friends were people I met online. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #MakeItHappen
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Employees will only add more value over time. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #MakeItHappen
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... we talk to a team, they've gotten new things done, that's the best predictor we have that a company will go on to be successful. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #BuildDifferent
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One thing that founders forget is that after they hire employees, they have to retain them. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #MakeItHappen
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There's at least a hundred times more people with great ideas than people that are willing to put in the effort to execute them well. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #ThinkDifferent
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Set a clear, easy-to-understand vision for your company, and make it be a mission people believe in. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #CEOmindset #BuildYourTeam #StayHungry
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You need to have a culture where people have very high quality standards in everything the company does, but still move quickly. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #MoveForward #BuildYourTeam
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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. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #MakeItHappen
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Every first time founder waits too long, everyone hopes that an employee will turn around. But the right answer is to fire fast... - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #MoveForward #BuildYourTeam
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No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #MakeItHappen
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The thirteenth search engine- and without all the features of a web portal, most people thought that was pointless. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #MakeItHappen
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... fire fast when it's not working. It's better for the company, it's also better for the employee. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #MoveForward #BuildYourTeam
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You also want to fire people who a) create office politics, and b) who are persistently negative. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #MakeItHappen
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The best people know that they should join a rocketship. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #BuildDifferent
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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. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #MakeItHappen
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A third advantage of mission oriented companies, is that people outside the company are more willing to help you. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #StayHungry
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It really is true that you become an average of the people you spend the most time with. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #MakeItHappen
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For most of the early hires you make in a startup, experience doesn't matter very much, and you should go for aptitude. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #MakeItHappen
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I believe in fighting with investors to reduce the amount of equity they get and then being as generous as you possibly can with employees. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #StayHungry
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Cofounder relationships are among the most important in the entire company. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #MakeItHappen
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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. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #PRstrategy #LevelUp #BuildYourTeam
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You want an idea that not many other people are working on, and it's okay if it doesn't sound big at first. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #DreamBig #BuildYourTeam
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A lot of people don't love their bank. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #StayHungry
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AirBnB spent 5 months interviewing their first employee, before they hired someone and in their first year, they only hired 2 people. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #MakeItHappen
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You really want to know your cofounders for a while, ideally years. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #ThinkDifferent
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It's difficult to get large groups of people, to the extreme levels of focus and productivity that you need, for a startup to be successful. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #BuildDifferent
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In addition to relentlessly resourceful, you want a tough and a calm cofounder. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #DoTheWork #BuildYourTeam
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Don't hire for the sake of hiring. Hire because there is no other way to do what you want to do. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #MakeItHappen
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I suppose if I didn't have Loopt, I'd have to, I don't know, pick up the phone and just start calling people, a lot more texting and certainly more Googling. - Sam Altman #AI #Motivation #Entrepreneurship #BuildYourTeam #MakeItHappen
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