You’re better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.
BEN HOROWITZNote to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?
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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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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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Planning is valuable, tho the plan is usually useless.
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Nothing motivates a great employee more than a mission that’s so important that it supersedes everyone’s personal ambition.
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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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Yeah, I became a successful entrepreneur… Eventually
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These decisions intensify when you run a company, because the consequences get magnified 1,000 fold. As in life, the excuses for CEOs making the wrong choice are always plentiful.
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A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.
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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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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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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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Sometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.
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In Silicon Valley, when you’re a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong.
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As a startup CEO, I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried.
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One of the great things about building a tech company is the amazing people that you can hire.
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