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Ben Horowitz

Sometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.
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Clarity Needs Organization
There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver
Wartime CEO is too busy fighting the enemy to read management books written by consultants who have never managed a fruit stand.
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Book Enemy Fighting
For example, the vast majority of security break-ins occur as a result of problems with known fixes. With an automated system, you can keep up to date.
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Date Example Majority Problem Result
The bigger you get, the harder this gets because the more aggressive the people working for you are.
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Bigger Management People
Volatility and length, that’s the value on an option. 10 years on a startup stock, that’s a big valuable thing.
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Length Management Years
It’s hard in daily life. It’s even harder in management because it’s the stress of the moment.
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Daily Life Management Stress
When raising money, you want to look through the lens of ‘What happens when things go wrong?’
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Lenses Looks Want
Over the last ten years, technological advances have dramatically lowered the financial bar for starting a new company, but the courage bar for building a great company remains as high as it has ever been.
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Bar Company Lasts Lower Years
The trouble with innovation is that truly innovative ideas often look like bad ideas at the time.
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Ideas Innovation Looks
A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more.
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Entrepreneur Found Needs
There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.
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Bullets Consequences Silver
I think theres a lot to be said about just enjoying your work. It can be very contrived when people say their work is for the good of mankind.
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People Said Thinking
The important thing about mobile is, everybody has a computer in their pocket. The implications of so many people connected to the Internet all the time from the standpoint of education is incredible.
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Important People Phones
As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.
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Challenges Communication Company
A manager can’t act like a role model. They need to BE a role model.
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Manager Models Needs Role

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