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- Sam Altman is the CEO and a cofounder of OpenAI, the developer behind ChatGPT.
- He gave a lecture at Stanford in 2014 explaining what it takes to build a successful startup.
- Aspiring founders today still find his advice on things like coming up with great ideas relevant.
To create a successful startup, you need to have a great idea, a great product, a great team, and great execution, Sam Altman, the CEO and a cofounder of OpenAI, the developer behind the popular artificial-intelligence application ChatGPT, said.