Quotes about team
team thinking employee
Founders are usually very stingy with equity to employees and very generous with equity to investors. I think this is totally backwards. Sam Altman
team thinking giving
I think as a rough estimate, you should aim to give about 10% of the company to the first 10 employees.
team decision needs
If someone is getting every decision wrong, that's when you need to act, and at that point it'll be painfully aware to everyone.
team decision makers
You don't get to make their decisions but you do get to choose the decision makers.
team thinking bars
... you can think about that for everyone you hire: will I bet the future of this company on this single hire? And that's a tough bar.
team founders equity
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.
team people done
You need unstoppable people. You want people that are just going to get it done.
team animal able
... you should be able to describe any employee as an animal at what they do.
team firsts employee
... 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 from it...
team years numbers
Many of the best YC companies have had phenomenally small number of employees for their first year, sometimes none besides the founders.
team track records
The track record for founders that don't already know each other is really bad.
team firsts employee
... if you talk to say any of the first 40 or 50 employees, they all feel like they were a part of the founding of the company.
team underestimate founders
One thing that founders always underestimate is how hard it is to recruit.
team thinking ideas
You think you have this great idea that everyone's going to come join, but that's not how it works.
team want calm
In addition to relentlessly resourceful, you want a tough and a calm cofounder.
team years want
You really want to know your cofounders for a while, ideally years.
team years people
AirBnB spent 5 months interviewing their first employee, before they hired someone and in their first year, they only hired 2 people.
team ideas long
No growth hack, brilliant marketing idea, or sales team can save you long term if you don't have a sufficiently good product.
team believe fighting
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.
team people should
The best people know that they should join a rocketship.
team winning joy
I couldn't have asked for anything more than this. Winning the World Cup is the proudest moment of my life. Thanks to my team-mates. Without them, nothing would have happened. I couldn't control my tears of joy. Sachin Tendulkar
team important trying
If I don't get the service or if I don't the ball in the box, where I want it, I start drifting into midfield. I go and look for the ball. I try to be important for the team in other areas. Ruud van Nistelrooy
team want great-value
I really want be of great value for the team.
team boxes dangerous
But really, I can only be dangerous for the team in one place, and that is in the box.
team player differences
Many players want to make as much money as they can and change teams for ten grand. How is that going to make much difference to their lives? Ryan Giggs
team mean boys
I have always considered myself to be very fortunate. To play for the biggest club in the world, which also happens to be the team I supported as a boy, means I have never had to consider changing away from Manchester United.
team thinking ideas
The hi-tech industry is not a monolithic thing. If you look on a timeline of a company, you see that in the beginning, you have to come up with an idea and to be willing to take risk. You have to grow fast, you have to think fast, and you have to do this usually in small teams. Yossi Vardi
team england partnership
I liked the Paul Ince and Roy Keane partnership Manchester United had. They would have been my team had I moved to England. Xavi
team past player
Leo [Messi] is the best player of all time - better than Pele, Maradona or Cruyff. There have been some great teams in history - Pele's Brazil, Cruyff's Ajax, Sacchi's Milan - but in the past 20 years this Barcelona team is the best.
team people opponents
You need a team. You need people to push you. You need opponents. Wynton Marsalis
team humanity sake
In truth, we are all part of the team of humanity. And as such, we are all obligated to share ourselves, and our talents, for the sake of the team. Yehuda Berg
team remember let-down
On the pitch and for life generally, I keep my center by remembering that I am part of a team and if I don't do my part, I let down not just my team but everyone who follows it. Yaya Toure
team zidane want
Iniesta - he is the Zinedine Zidane of the team, because he can do whatever you want him to with the ball.