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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.

Ben Horowitz

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
The right answer on raises is you have to be formal. You have to be formal to save your own culture.
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Answer Culture Management
The person they’re working with, is going to be the person they’ll know more. So if that person leaves, they’re going to go – well, should have I left too? What did they get and how does that compare to my deal.
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Company Deal Leaves Management
The key to high-quality communication is trust, and its hard to trust somebody that you dont know.
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Communication Keys Quality
Your employees know each other better than they know you.
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Employee Knows Management
A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.
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Keys Leader Management
Don’t punk out and don’t quit.
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Inspirational Motivational Quit
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
In Silicon Valley, when you’re a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong.
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Company Entrepreneur Valleys
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
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
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
In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.
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Decision Goal Made
If you have never done the job, how do you know what to want?
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Done Jobs never Want
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

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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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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