Don’t punk out and don’t quit.
BEN HOROWITZUntil you make the effort to get to know someone or something, you don’t know anything.
More Ben Horowitz Quotes
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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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It’s hard in daily life. It’s even harder in management because it’s the stress of the moment.
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You’re better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.
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When you’re making a critical decision, you have to understand how it’s going to be interpreted from all points of view. Not just your point of view, not just the person you’re talking to, but the people that aren’t in the room. Everybody else.
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Planning is valuable, tho the plan is usually useless.
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I don’t believe in statistics. I believe in calculus.
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To succeed at selling a losing product, you must develop seriously superior sales techniques. In addition, you have to be massively competitive and incredibly hungry to survive in that environment.
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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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A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.
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The key to high-quality communication is trust, and its hard to trust somebody that you dont know.
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Until you make the effort to get to know someone or something, you don’t know anything.
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Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?
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Leadership is hard to train on.
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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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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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