Sam Altman Great Quotations

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.

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

If the Reddit community cannot learn to balance authenticity and compassion, it may be a great website, but it will never be a truly great community.

There are exceptions of course, but most companies start with a great idea - not a pivot.

You can't be focussed without really great communication

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.

If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.

If you ask a founder how their company is doing, they always say, 'Oh it's great. We're totally crushing it,' and that's almost never true.