Sam Altman Quotes

Growth and momentum are what a startup lives on and you always have to focus on maintaining these.

Whatever business you are in, every company can shoot for the start in their own way.

The one thing we learned over 5 years is that nothing works better than just improving your product.

Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell.

I've helped some of my classmates on how to strategize to get to the next level of their businesses. And it's interesting, because here I am sitting there from the entertainment industry and the fashion industry, and I'm giving a billionaire that has a business that's been in his family for 300 years - I'm giving him advice about strategy!

I'm really inspired to build a billion-dollar company. The hardest part is building the vehicle to get you there.

Any business either grows or dies. You've just got to keep growing.

The ability of a successful company to add functionality to its product has long been upheld.

It's wonderful when you pair entrepreneurs together because they can share experiences and in some ways push each other to build better products going forward.

I believe in this industry as a business, and I want to continue to grow my own business.

Quality and a great product matters, in startups, and in accelerators.

I think there are lots of opportunities to improve the product. When you read the press, people say, "Oh, the product needs improvement." I look at that and say, "Hey, that's an exciting thing to get behind!" Because they can improve that product. That leaves more upside from an innovation and revenue potential than you're gonna find in a lot of places. So you could say that's a downside, I see that as an opportunity.

Founders should think of their company as a product and build it and shape it with the same passion and care.

Momentum and growth are the lifeblood of startups. This is probably in the top three secrets of executing well.

I have always been a huge believer in the inestimable value good mentoring can contribute to any nascent business

Learning is the essential unit of progress for startups.

Once you have permission to talk to someone, finding new products or services for them is a smart way to grow.

So always keep momentum, it's this prime directive for managing a startup.

The only barrier to entry you can create is to consistently build a great product.

I started with a $1 million loan. I agree with that. It's a $1 million loan. But I built a phenomenal company.

That's what makes great products. It's not process-it's content.

If you build a great product or service, people will talk about it. But it starts with having something that's worth talking about.

If you want to grow, find a good opportunity. Today, if you want to be a great company, think about what social problem you could solve.

I started off in Brooklyn, New York, with a small loan and built a business that today is worth well over $10 billion.

We Experiment Endlessly, With New Products, New Methods, New Companies And New Marketing. A Successful Business The Emphasis Is On Experiment And Development, Ideas Are The Lifeblood Of Business.