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As companies move to web-based computing they get a lot more servers, which are difficult to manage and control. All kinds of problems can arise – security, quality and worms.

Ben Horowitz

There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.
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Bullets Consequences Silver
Don’t punk out and don’t quit.
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Inspirational Motivational Quit
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
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
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
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
Planning is valuable, tho the plan is usually useless.
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Planning Useless Valuable
There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver
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’re better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.
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Better Startup
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
You know what the difference between a vision and a hallucination is? They call it a vision when other people can see it.
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Differences People Vision
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
In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence.
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Decision Found Important
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

As companies move to web-based computing they get a lot more servers, which are difficult to manage and control. All kinds of problems can arise – security, quality and worms.

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