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The bigger you get, the harder this gets because the more aggressive the people working for you are.

Ben Horowitz

Nothing motivates a great employee more than a mission that’s so important that it supersedes everyone’s personal ambition.
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Ambition Important Mission
There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver
I believe in strength over lack of weakness.
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Believe Strength Weakness
In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.
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Decision Goal Made
Don’t punk out and don’t quit.
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Inspirational Motivational Quit
You can take somebody’s job, you have to take their job, but you don’t have to take their dignity.
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Dignity Jobs Management
You’re better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.
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Better Startup
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
Yeah, I became a successful entrepreneur… Eventually
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Become Entrepreneur Successful
What do you get when you cross a herd of sheep with a herd of lemmings? A herd of venture capitalists.
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Lemming Sheep Venture
It’s pretty clear that [customers] know what their budgets are now, and what they want to spend it on.
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Clear Customer Want
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
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
Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they’re hallucinating
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Guy Hallucinating Ideas Looks
There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.
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Bullets Consequences Silver
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

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