Biggest mistake Quote by Noam Wasserman

Founders are usually very stingy with equity to employees and very generous with equity to investors. I think this is totally backwards.

— Sam Altman

Too often, founders make decisions before determining whether they are the right thing to do. These decisions often create chaos in their companies where…

— Mark Goulston

“As a founder, your first job is to get the first things right, because you cannot build a great company on a flawed foundation.”

— Peter Thiel

One of the biggest mistakes that founders can make is doing something that maybe seems like a great idea, and seems like a good…

— Julia Hartz

“Then, in the 1980's, came the paroxysm of downsizing, and the very nature of the corporation was thrown into doubt. In what began almost…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

Then, in the 1980's, came the paroxysm of downsizing, and the very nature of the corporation was thrown into doubt. In what began almost…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

“Every startup is small at the start. Every monopoly dominates a large share of its market. Therefore, every startup should start with a very…

— Peter Thiel

“Running the company for the shareholders often reduces its long-term growth potential.”

— Ha-Joon Chang

“Failing to plan for ownership transitions often leads to disappointing exits and drift.”

— Becca Spradlin Lead On Mission

“Purchasing a large and expensive home during a real estate boom turned into the biggest financial mistake that I ever made.”

— Steven Magee

The banking business is no favorite of ours. When assets are twenty times equity - a common ratio in this industry - mistakes that…

— Warren Buffett

Shareholders share in the downside and not necessarily in the upside; that's the whole story.

— John Gutfreund