If a company is profitable, the founder is in control. If it's not, investors are in control.

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• Sam Altman:

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

• Sam Altman:

  I always tell my partners that our job is to fund all the companies we can that can be worth $10 bi

• Sam Altman:

  All the reasons that have made software so successful are beginning to happen with hardware. So muc

• Sam Altman:

  The hard part of running a business is that there are a hundred things that you could be doing, and

• Sam Altman:

  I have plenty of investments that I wish I'd never made. But the model is to lose money on a lot of

• Sam Altman:

  There is a lot of stuff I like. I love backpacking. I love going to an island where I can just sit

• Sam Altman:

  Maybe I am a bit unusual here, but I am less stressed if I have my phone with me. Because I can spe

• Sam Altman:

  Never put your family, friends, or significant other low on your priority list. Prefer a handful of

• Sam Altman:

  Making money is often more fun than spending it, though I personally have never regretted money I'v

• Sam Altman:

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