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Vishu Bheda
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๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐น๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ $๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐ Sam Altman, the legend behind OpenAI and Y Combinator. He believes predicting a billion-dollar idea is toughโbut spotting a founder who could build one is a skill you can develop. Here are the ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ he looks for: ๐ญ. ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป Great founders live and breathe their idea. Itโs not a side projectโitโs their lifeโs mission. ๐ฎ. ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ They say no to distractions and stay locked in on the problem theyโre solving. ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ They donโt waste money. They make every dollar count. ๐ฐ. ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ They deeply love what theyโre building. Without passion, they wonโt survive the hard days. ๐ฑ. ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ Ideas arenโt enough. The best founders generate new ideas every week. If they canโt, theyโll fail. ๐ฒ. ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป Hiring, fundraising, sellingโeverything depends on a founderโs ability to communicate clearly and persuasively. ๐ณ. ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ The best founders move fast. They test, iterate, and execute with relentless speed. Slow-moving founders rarely succeed. ๐ด. ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ The best founders donโt start out as Brian Chesky (Airbnb), but they improve so quickly that they get there. Growth rate matters more than starting point. ๐ต. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป Building a startup is brutal. Founders chasing money burn out. The ones who win have a ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง that fuels them through the pain. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐? Donโt just look for a great ideaโlook for a founder with these traits. Because in the end, great founders make great companies. I hope you've found this helpful. Follow Vishu Bheda for more such valuable startup insights from the world's best founders!
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