63 Quotes by Sam Altman about Team
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You think you have this great idea that everyone's going to come join, but that's not how it works.
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In addition to relentlessly resourceful, you want a tough and a calm cofounder.
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You really want to know your cofounders for a while, ideally years.
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AirBnB spent 5 months interviewing their first employee, before they hired someone and in their first year, they only hired 2 people.
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Cofounder relationships are among the most important in the entire company.
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I believe in fighting with investors to reduce the amount of equity they get and then being as generous as you possibly can with employees.
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For most of the early hires you make in a startup, experience doesn't matter very much, and you should go for aptitude.
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You have to let your team get all the credit for all the good stuff that happens, and you take responsibility for the bad stuff.
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You also want to fire people who a) create office politics, and b) who are persistently negative.
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