Employee Quote by Sam Altman

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

Companies want to be able to hire employees with an elite university diploma to make their personnel lists look impressive.

— Heather Mac Donald

We are superior to the competition because we hire employees who work in an environment of belonging and purpose. We foster a climate where…

— Horst Schulze

Companies that hire employees..that are deeply passionate create companies that customers are really really passionate about, and those are the companies that have strong…

— Brian Chesky

Founders need to figure out what the message of the company is going to be.

— Sam Altman

In the early days of a startup, people's compensation is whatever you negotiate with a founder and it's all over the place.

— Sam Altman

We pretty much won't fund a company now where the founders don't have vested equity because it's just that hard to do.

— Sam Altman

You're saying no ninety-seven times out of a hundred, and most founders find they have to make a very conscious effort to do this.

— Sam Altman

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

— Sam Altman

1 of the hardest parts about being a founder, is that there are a 100 important things competing for your attention each day.

— Sam Altman

The track record for founders that don't already know each other is really bad.

— Sam Altman

We hear again and again from founders, that they wish they had waited to start a startup until they came up with an idea…

— Sam Altman