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OpenAI CEO: The best founders communicate their purpose in 25 words or less
Fortune
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1/4/2025
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told students at the University of Waterloo in 2017 that the best founders use "clear, concise communication."
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Almost all of the best startups that we have ever been involved with from the very first time we met those founders
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They were able to very concisely and clearly communicate what they were doing in like 25 words
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And I don't know why this is so important and maybe that you need this to spread the message
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But I can certainly say that founders who aren't good at this
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Don't really go on to be successful founders that don't get good at clear concise communication
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Really struggle and you can you can prove this to yourself quickly by just looking at the founders are really successful companies
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They're all good at this. So I think this is an area to invest in and get better in
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