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There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.

Ben Horowitz

Sometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.
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Clarity Needs Organization
Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?
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Ask Good Ideas Notes Self
As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.
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Challenges Communication Company
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
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
Every time you make the hard, correct decision you become a bit more courageous, and every time you make the easy, wrong decision you become a bit more cowardly. If you are CEO, these choices will lead to a courageous or cowardly company.
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Choice Courageous Decision
Don’t punk out and don’t quit.
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Inspirational Motivational Quit
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
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
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
Yeah, I became a successful entrepreneur… Eventually
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Become Entrepreneur Successful
The only thing that prepares you to run a company is running a company.
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Company Repair Running
As a startup CEO, I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried.
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Baby Hours Motivation
A manager can’t act like a role model. They need to BE a role model.
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Manager Models Needs Role
I don’t believe in statistics. I believe in calculus.
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Believe Statistics
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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Kind Moving Quality

There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.

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