a16z resurfaces Altman's 2015 take: chronically negative hires are a startup's biggest hidden mistake
a16z · x · 2026-10-13
a16z shared a 2015 tweet from Sam Altman: "Hiring chronically negative people as early startup employees is a self-fulfilling prophecy, and the biggest non-obvious hiring mistake." Captioned "optimism wins," it's a reminder that optimism matters in early team building.
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