Cases Quote by Sam Altman Download Open image “In YC's case, the number one cause of early death for startups is cofounder blowups.” — Sam Altman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cases Causes Death Early death Entrepreneurship Numbers Team
One of the top causes of startup death - right after cofounder problems - is building something no one wants. — Kathryn Minshew Copy Share Image
The thing that kills startups at some level, is the founders giving up. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
Part of the magic of a startup is the fear of death. You have only so much money in the bank, and if you… — Scott Weiss Copy Share Image
If your startup is only in the development or idea stage, there is almost no better predictor of failure - I mean, utter failure,… — Steve Jurvetson Copy Share Image
The most common post YC failure case for the companies we fund, is they're incredibly focussed during YC on their company... and after they… — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
A startup, to a some degree, is a set of those challenges of, 'If you don't solve this, you're dead.' — Reid Hoffman 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
Momentum and growth are the lifeblood of startups. This is probably in the top three secrets of executing well. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
In Europe, there is a lower instance of startups because there's a permanent fear of failure. Everyone fears failure because it is this permanent… — Alexander Gilkes Copy Share Image
A single mediocre hire in the first five will often in fact kill a startup. — Sam Altman 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
The time that one gains cannot be accumulated in a storehouse; it is contradictory to want to save up existence, which, the fact is,… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
I'd always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never wanted to… — Gaylord Perry Copy Share Image
Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi Copy Share Image
You gonna take the case?" It's not a case. It's a missing person. Sort of." You're gonna have a devil of a time finding… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
I think we've all had enough of Coltrane saxophonists. There's a case of someone ruining a generation of saxophonists, as Louis Armstrong may have… — Paul Bley Copy Share Image
Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The world around us is an increasingly hostile and sinful place. Occasionally that splashes onto us, and perhaps, in the case of a few… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
If you followed the media you'd think that everybody in Africa was starving to death, and that's not the case; so it's important to… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
[As in the case of] alcohol prohibition, illegality has driven organized crime, sent countless people to jail, and killed many thousands. Repression does not… — Sam Branson Copy Share Image
He emphasised basic truths: you are not dying yet, you have to live your life until you are. Underpinning them was the belief that… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Athletes at all ages are bigger and stronger than ever before. And they are being encouraged - sometimes even incentivized, as we recently learned… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
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