Sam Altman Quotes

You make money out of things people pay for.

AllianceTexas is a cash machine for our public partners.

We want Quora to last forever, and in order to last forever, it's going to need to have revenue. One of the best things about ads is that you don't need to exclude anyone.

We get paid for bringing value to the market place.

The closest thing to a law of nature in business is that form has an affinity for expense, while substance has an affinity for income.

I have a hard time with businesses that don't make money at some point.

The radio is not show fun, it's show business. It's money.

Money is available from investors as long as you have a great business model and a talented leader.

We have to have a business model that can be a sustainable and acceptable one to both regulators and the other stakeholders, clients, and investors.

Profit is one way that you can take pride in the way you publish things and insure that you can go on doing it.

I tell each artist they have to grow toward a revenue stream.

Startups don’t fail because they lack a product; they fail because they lack customers and a profitable business model.

Funding a civilization through advertising is like trying to get nutrition by connecting a tube from one’s anus to one’s mouth.

Sales Cure All. Know how your company will make money and how you will actually make sales.

Charge for something and make more than you spend.

If you are planning to start a business, and if you want that business to have a hope of succeeding, be sure you are approaching your venture from a true Entrepreneurial Perspective.

I've made a payroll. I know what it's like to execute a business plan. I know what it's like to expect the proper return on investment... and I know you can't spend your way out of debt.

You can't operate a business running at a loss, and particularly if you're doing it by paying yourselves. It just doesn't fly.

Anything you get involved with, you are supposed to make money.

When the venture capital industry invests, it's usually because they sense there is money in them hills. And often it takes a high-profile winner to wake everyone up in the category. SpaceX is that company.

The best opportunity for return on investment is in the information revolution.

Investors like to invest based on traction, so it's always better to raise money when you've got more traction than less.

At Telegram we enjoy the luxury of not having to care about income streams or advertising.

A lot of people want to start a business, and they're like, 'I wanna start a business, give me some money to invest.' Where is your business plan? Are you investing money yourself into your own business? How is this going to work? People think that they can just come to you with an idea and have money.

What we've found was that people were utilizing Eventbrite to turn their passions into revenue-generating ventures.