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Being a public company is really terrible for most companies. I'd say Facebook and Google have done a pretty good job of standing up to the incredible quarterly pressure to hit numbers, but most companies - and I've observed a lot now - don't do a very good job of that.

— Sam Altman

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I think it's a problem that we don't have more companies like Facebook. It shouldn't be the only company that's doing this well.

— Peter Thiel

I think good companies can navigate being public and doing the right things for their customers.

— Dan Rosensweig

If we don't build a company as influential as Google or Facebook, then we failed. I'm, like, perpetually stressed, honestly.

— Arash Ferdowsi

Google has been doing well. As much as possible we're trying to share back with the employees. They will continue to create a lot of value.

— Susan Wojcicki

Facebook, Google, Apple, Yahoo - there's a common theme. None of these companies ever sold. By staying independent, they were able to build a great company.

— Jan Koum

I have realised more and more that great companies, founded for a long-term purpose, such as Google or Facebook or SpaceX, may do more good in the world than any other vehicle that we have.

— Luke Nosek

I've been part of founding three companies that have gone public. It doesn't seem like a big number, but it's actually a lot.

— Eric Lefkofsky

There's not a whole lot of advantage for a company to be public.

— Dave Goldberg

It's actually not unlike Google at that stage of development. They had an up-and-running site. It wasn't losing very much money, it wasn't making very much money, but it was growing.

— John Doerr

I believe Facebook is going all the way. They're going to reach a billion members and will be the biggest company in the world. It will be a platform everyone goes on the Internet through.

— Ben Mezrich

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