<story><title>Board Members (2014)</title><url>https://blog.samaltman.com/board-members</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>wavemode</author><text>&amp;gt; The companies that have had the biggest impact and created the most value have had excellent board members (and executives).&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s easy to say in hindsight that a board member was good, after the company has succeeded. Harder to tell in advance.</text></comment>
<story><title>Board Members (2014)</title><url>https://blog.samaltman.com/board-members</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>RyanShook</author><text>“It’s a good idea to keep enough control so that investors can’t fire you (there are a lot of different ways to do this), but beyond that, it’s important to bring in other people and trust them to help you build the company.”</text></comment>