Compensation Quote by Sam Altman

It's important to understand the compensation equation that a CEO and a founder has with his or her employees.

— Chamath Palihapitiya

Most successful entrepreneurs share their knowledge as a way of giving back. They do not demand compensation. Those who do are usually trying to…

— Vivek Wadhwa

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

— Sam Altman

One of the perks of being the founder is that you get to build the company in your image.

— Mitch Kapor

What being a founder means, is signing up for this years long grind on execution - and you can't outsource this.

— Sam Altman

There's a lot of glorification of startups and being a founder. People brush the failures under the rug, but that's the worst thing you…

— Christopher Poole

Before 20 or 25 employees, most companies are structured with everyone reporting to the founder. It's totally flat.

— Sam Altman

'Founder' is a state of mind, not a job description, and if done right, even CEOs who join after day 1 can become founders.

— Reid Hoffman

Whatever the founder cares about, whatever the founders think are the key goals, that's going to be what the whole company focusses on.

— Sam Altman

Startups are constantly raising money, sometimes before they have even hired a lawyer.

— Naval Ravikant

A startup is a company working to solve a problem where the solution is not obvious and success is not guaranteed.

— Neil Blumenthal

Early-stage startups are all about the founders and team.

— Justin Kan