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๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—”๐—น๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ $๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ Sam Altman, the legend behind OpenAI and Y Combinator. He believes predicting a billion-dollar idea is toughโ€”but spotting a founder who could build one is a skill you can develop. Here are the ๐Ÿ— ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ he looks for: ๐Ÿญ. ๐—ข๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Great founders live and breathe their idea. Itโ€™s not a side projectโ€”itโ€™s their lifeโ€™s mission. ๐Ÿฎ. ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ They say no to distractions and stay locked in on the problem theyโ€™re solving. ๐Ÿฏ. ๐—™๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† They donโ€™t waste money. They make every dollar count. ๐Ÿฐ. ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ They deeply love what theyโ€™re building. Without passion, they wonโ€™t survive the hard days. ๐Ÿฑ. ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ Ideas arenโ€™t enough. The best founders generate new ideas every week. If they canโ€™t, theyโ€™ll fail. ๐Ÿฒ. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Hiring, fundraising, sellingโ€”everything depends on a founderโ€™s ability to communicate clearly and persuasively. ๐Ÿณ. ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ The best founders move fast. They test, iterate, and execute with relentless speed. Slow-moving founders rarely succeed. ๐Ÿด. ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ The best founders donโ€™t start out as Brian Chesky (Airbnb), but they improve so quickly that they get there. Growth rate matters more than starting point. ๐Ÿต. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Building a startup is brutal. Founders chasing money burn out. The ones who win have a ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง that fuels them through the pain. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†? Donโ€™t just look for a great ideaโ€”look 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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