Starting a business is like riding a wave between life and death. If you can hang on long enough, you're bound to succeed
Sam AltmanWe've seen a lot of data at YC now, and the most successful companies and the ones where the investors do the best... end up giving a lot of stock out to employees- year after year after year.
Sam AltmanLater, you should learn to hire fast and scale up the company, but in the early days the goal should be not to hire. Not to hire.
Sam Altman