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Most large mistakes in organizational design come from putting the individual ambitions of the people at the top of the organization ahead of the communication paths for the people at the bottom of the organization.

Ben Horowitz

Yeah, I became a successful entrepreneur… Eventually
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Become Entrepreneur Successful
Business ends up being very dynamic and situational.
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Business Dynamic Ends Situation
The trouble with innovation is that truly innovative ideas often look like bad ideas at the time.
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Ideas Innovation Looks
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
One of the great things about building a tech company is the amazing people that you can hire.
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Building Great People Things
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
You don’t need every investor to believe that you can succeed. You only need one.
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Believe Inspiration Needs
Your employees know each other better than they know you.
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Employee Knows Management
Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of business.
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People Problem Smart
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
There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver
Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups.
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Billionaire Black Loyal Wife
Planning is valuable, tho the plan is usually useless.
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Planning Useless Valuable
The one thing with stress is, you’ve got to keep your focus on what you can do, not what happened to you.
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Focus Management Stress
There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver

Most large mistakes in organizational design come from putting the individual ambitions of the people at the top of the organization ahead of the communication paths for the people at the bottom of the organization.

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Most large mistakes in organizational design come from putting the individual ambitions of the people at the top of the organization ahead of the communication paths for the people at the bottom of the organization.

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