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title: "2 Startup Experience Quotes by 2 authors"
description: "Browse 2 Startup Experience quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Startup Experience sayings and thoughts."
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> [It helps tremendously to have operating startup experience when advising startups. It is much easier to tell people how to talk to customers, build product, manage an engineering team, raise money from investors, and talk to press when you've done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-kan/it-helps-tremendously-to-have-operating-startup-experience-when/)

[Justin Kan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-kan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/justin-kan-4459_customer_it-helps-tremendously-to-have-operating_431263.png)

> [For most of the early hires you make in a startup, experience doesn't matter very much, and you should go for aptitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-altman/for-most-of-the-early-hires-you-make-in-a-startup-experience-doesn-t/)

[Sam Altman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-altman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31a/sam-altman-1494_aptitude_for-most-of-the-early-hires-you-make-in_2112281.png)

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