Quotes about tea
team roles matter
Experience matters for some roles and not others. Sam Altman
team successful goes-on
... we talk to a team, they've gotten new things done, that's the best predictor we have that a company will go on to be successful.
team block hiring
You're either not hiring at all or it's probably your single biggest block of time.
team answers should
... how much time you should be spending on hiring? The answer is 0 or 25 percent.
team numbers advice
By the way, that's my number one piece of advice if you're going to join a startup: pick a rocket ship.
team years people
To get the very best people- they have a lot of great options, and so it can easily take a year to recruit someone.
team two twenties
... for the top twenty most valuable YC companies, all of them have at least two founders.
team winning feel-good
A winning team feels good and keeps winning. A team that hasn't won in a while gets demotivated and keeps losing.
team solo rate
... We probably funded a rate of something like one out of ten solo teams.
team solo founders
It's better to have no cofounder than to have a bad cofounder, but it's still bad to be a solo founder.
team college thinking
If you're not in college and you don't know a cofounder, the next best thing I think is to go work at an interesting company.
team track records
The track record for founders that don't already know each other is really bad.
team people treats
A lot of people treat choosing their cofounder with even less importance than they put on hiring. Don't do this.
team numbers causes
In YC's case, the number one cause of early death for startups is cofounder blowups.
team important company
Cofounder relationships are among the most important in the entire company.
team phrases resourceful
At YC we have this public phrase, and it's relentlessly resourceful.
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
teacher suffering extraordinary
Suffering is an extraordinary teacher. Ryan Hall
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.
teacher government people
I never liked the Hierarchy of the Church-an equality in the teacher of Religion, and a dependence on the people, are republican sentiments-but if the Clergy combine, they will have their influence on Government Rufus King