Top 99 Quotes by Sam Altman

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

I have plenty of investments that I wish I'd never made. But the model is to lose money on a lot of investments and then make 1,000X or 10,000X on an investment.

Don't let yourself make excuses for not doing the things you want to do.

Location is the sole difference between mobile and traditional Web.

Whoever Boost works with, Sprint will work with. And whoever Sprint works with, Verizon and AT&T will as well.

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.

Traditional local advertising is not what retailers want. They want not just for you to see an ad - they want you to come into the store, to be a repeat customer and to spread the word.

The crowd's a really powerful force on the Internet, and people finally understand how to harness that.

The market for local advertising is in the billions.

I don't think people spend nearly enough time thinking about what they like and what they're good at.