Company Quote by Sam Altman

Most of the best hires that I've made in my entire life have never done that thing before.

— Sam Altman

I had to quit a 'real job' to start my first company.

— David Cohen

Great companies have been reduced by hiring executives that don't work out.

— Dylan Smith

A single mediocre hire in the first five will often in fact kill a startup.

— Sam Altman

I've never, ever had a job that lasted for more than a few months.

— Amy Landecker

Many of the best YC companies have had phenomenally small number of employees for their first year, sometimes none besides the founders.

— Sam Altman

“right—premature hiring is the death of many companies.”

— Jason Fried

My first real job lasted for three years. It ended the day I was unceremoniously fired.

— Marc Randolph

I have had hundreds of people work for me over the years, and I don't think I ever fired anybody.

— Tom T. Hall

Starting a company is a cause, not a job. Once it becomes a job, that's when you lose

— Ben Parr

One thing that founders forget is that after they hire employees, they have to retain them.

— Sam Altman

If your employees are not happy, nothing else at your company will go well.

— Eric Yuan