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One of the great things about building a tech company is the amazing people that you can hire.

Ben Horowitz

Here’s where we are and here’s what I didn’t recognize about us and about you when I made the decision, and now it is what it is.
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About Decision Made Now Recognize
There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.
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Knowing Knowledge Gain Nothing Shortcut
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
A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more.
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Entrepreneur Found Needs
As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.
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Challenges Communication Company
It turns out that is exactly what product strategy is all about—figuring out the right product is the innovator’s job, not the customer’s job.
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Customer Figuring Jobs Product Strategy Turns
There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.
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Bullets Consequences Silver
The right answer on raises is you have to be formal. You have to be formal to save your own culture.
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Answer Culture Management
Generally the reason they fail in the job is, you made some mistake in the hiring process in that you didn’t match… them to the needs of your company accurately enough. That’s the #1 reason this fails. And that’s generally a good place to start.
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Accurate Decision Good Jobs Mistake Place Reason
Business ends up being very dynamic and situational.
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Business Dynamic Ends Situation
The only thing that prepares you to run a company is running a company.
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Company Repair Running
A manager can’t act like a role model. They need to BE a role model.
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Manager Models Needs Role
There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver
When I was CEO, and I’d listen to music, a lot of people listen to music and you get inspiration from it. And a lot of things in hip hop are very instructive for being in business. Particularly, hip hop is a lot about business, and so it was very useful for me in any job.
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Express Inspiration Jobs People
It’s quite possible for an executive to hit her goal for the quarter by ignoring the future.
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Executive Goal Quarters
Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they’re hallucinating
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Guy Hallucinating Ideas Looks

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