Entrepreneurship Quote by Sam Altman Download Open image “A single mediocre hire in the first five will often in fact kill a startup.” — Sam Altman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Entrepreneurship Facts Firsts Five Mediocre Team
If you compromise in the first five, ten hires it might kill the company. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
The two big startup killers are when there's just no market for what you are doing, and team problems. — David Cohen Copy Share Image
In 'That Will Never Work,' I give readers a clear-eyed insider's look into how one of the least likely startups grew into one of… — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
Momentum and growth are the lifeblood of startups. This is probably in the top three secrets of executing well. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
When you are a startup you need to hire very fast, and sometimes you have to restructure very fast. — Maurice Levy Copy Share Image
The thing that kills startups at some level, is the founders giving up. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
Every time you start a company - and I've started five or six - you have the opportunity to screw up in whole new… — Evan Williams Copy Share Image
Companies that I've been very involved with, that have had a very bad first hire in the first 3 or so employees never recover… — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
“The classic sign of a shitty startup idea is that it requires at least two (or more!) miracles to succeed. This” — Antonio Garcia Martinez Copy Share Image
If you look at most successful startups, they're run by people in their mid to late forties, who've gone through the trenches multiple times… — Tony Fadell Copy Share Image
One thing I tell startups all the time is that the best way to grow is to make their product better. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
A winning team feels good and keeps winning. A team that hasn't won in a while gets demotivated and keeps losing. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
You're either not hiring at all or it's probably your single biggest block of time. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
The thing that kills startups at some level, is the founders giving up. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
Execution gets divided into two key questions: 1) can you figure out what to do and 2) can you get it done. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
I prefer to invest in a company that's going after a small but rapidly growing market than a big but slow growing one. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
Startups are not the best choice for work-life balance, and that's sort of just the sad reality. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“So Mack got kind of a late start in the startup world—he founded TakeOff at the ripe old age of twenty-five” — Doree Shafrir Copy Share Image
“I would have been trying to pitch a concept about my community to someone that most likely was not a part of that community.” — Lamar Tyler Copy Share Image
Most startups are not just built for the person who is using them. When you do that, every now and then you get really… — Emmett Shear Copy Share Image
What is entrepreneurship, after all? Bigness is not the issue. Poor people are the ones who take challenges every day. The guy who sells… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
“I am a Software engineer by profession, Photographer by passion and An entrepreneur by Thinking ...! CEO, Founder of www.bibliofreaks.com - The online store… — Ganesh Copy Share Image
“Every founder has a plan until it’s time to launch. I launch first and plan later, we’re not the same.” — Marion Bekoe Copy Share Image
“A responsible woman doesn’t see opportunities and needs and look the other way pretending not to see them rather she gets to work to… — Agu Jaachynma N.E Copy Share Image
The big thing was realizing for myself that I had tied my ego to the outcomes and to startups. — Justin Kan Copy Share Image
