KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Sam Altman Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Sam Altman

Showing 1-10 of 99 Quotes by Sam Altman

Move fast. Speed is one of your main advantages over large competitors.

~Sam Altman

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The hard part of running a business is that there are a hundred things that you could be doing, and only five of those actually matter, and only one of them matters more than all of the rest of them combined. So figuring out there is a critical path thing to focus on and ignoring everything else is really important.

~Sam Altman

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Never put your family, friends, or significant other low on your priority list. Prefer a handful of truly close friends to a hundred acquaintances.

~Sam Altman

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The only way to generate sustained exponential growth is to make whatever you're making sufficiently good.

~Sam Altman

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The way to build billion dollar companies is to first build something people love. There isn't really a shortcut there.

~Sam Altman

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


There's this famous observation that I totally believe: Great startup ideas are the ones that lie in the intersection of the Venn diagram of 'is a good idea' and 'looks like a bad idea.' So you want most people to think it's a bad idea and thus not compete with you until you get giant. But for it to secretly be good.

~Sam Altman

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Everyone is looking for the hack, the secret to success without hard work.

~Sam Altman

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Set a clear, easy-to-understand vision for your company, and make it be a mission people believe in.

~Sam Altman

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Intelligence is usually easy to tell in a 10-minute conversation. Determination is harder.

~Sam Altman

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


If a company is profitable, the founder is in control. If it's not, investors are in control.

~Sam Altman

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

Links

Find Sam Altman on Amazon

Related Authors

Les Brown
Warren Buffett
Stephen Covey
Peter Drucker
Henry Ford
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Jim Rohn

Popular Authors

Aesop Nuno Bettencourt Lyndon B. Johnson George R. R. Martin Albert Schweitzer George Washington Steven Wright Frank Zappa

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1759 - William Pitt

1779 - Thomas Moore

1807 - Louis Agassiz

1887 - Jim Thorpe

1896 - Warren Giles

1908 - Ian Fleming

1911 - Thora Hird

1912 - Patrick White

1916 - Walker Percy

1916 - C. Wright Mills

Birthdays on May 28th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Car Diet Experience Health Medical Parenting Pet Space