OpenAI CEO: The best founders communicate their purpose in 25 words or less

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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00:00Almost all of the best startups that we have ever been involved with from the very first time we met those founders

00:05They were able to very concisely and clearly communicate what they were doing in like 25 words

00:11And I don't know why this is so important and maybe that you need this to spread the message

00:16But I can certainly say that founders who aren't good at this

00:20Don't really go on to be successful founders that don't get good at clear concise communication

00:25Really struggle and you can you can prove this to yourself quickly by just looking at the founders are really successful companies

00:30They're all good at this. So I think this is an area to invest in and get better in