Top 99 Quotes by Sam Altman

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

The way to really scale a venture firm is with software.

All companies that grow really big do so in only one way: people recommend the product or service to other people.

Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.

There is a long history of founders returning to companies and doing great things. Founders are able to set the vision for their companies with an authority no one else can.

I suppose if I didn't have Loopt, I'd have to, I don't know, pick up the phone and just start calling people, a lot more texting and certainly more Googling.

Virgin America flyers tend to be more likely to be using a mobile device and tapping social networks - even at 35,000 feet.

I believe in the future, and to be a good investor, you have to believe in the future.

For most of the early hires you make in a startup, experience doesn't matter very much, and you should go for aptitude.

AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies.