414 Quotes by Sam Altman

"I don't invest in companies where my mental model is that they need to get themselves acquired in the next few years - or ever."

"I myself used to believe ideas didn't matter that much, but I'm very sure that's wrong now."

"You'll get more support on a hard, important, project than a derivative one."

"Some day everyone will find out everyone else's comp, if it's all over the place, it will be a complete meltdown disaster"

"Obsess about the quality of the product."

"A third advantage of mission oriented companies, is that people outside the company are more willing to help you."

"I don't often get involved with campaigns at all."

"If it works out, you're going to be working on this for 10 years."

"The point of an accelerator is to teach you about companies and business, not about technology."

"Another way of looking at this, is that the best companies are almost always mission oriented."