Most large mistakes in organizational design come from putting the individual ambitions of the people at the top of the organization ahead of the communication paths for the people at the bottom of the organization.
BEN HOROWITZMost large mistakes in organizational design come from putting the individual ambitions of the people at the top of the organization ahead of the communication paths for the people at the bottom of the organization.
BEN HOROWITZIf you have never done the job, how do you know what to want?
BEN HOROWITZIt’s quite possible for an executive to hit her goal for the quarter by ignoring the future.
BEN HOROWITZIt turns out that is exactly what product strategy is all about—figuring out the right product is the innovator’s job, not the customer’s job.
BEN HOROWITZIn life, everybody faces choices between doing what’s popular, easy, and wrong vs. doing what’s lonely, difficult, and right.
BEN HOROWITZAs a startup CEO, I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried.
BEN HOROWITZIn life, you don’t have a level of confrontation and the nonsense you run into when you’re a CEO. CEOs aren’t born.
BEN HOROWITZThe only thing that prepares you to run a company is running a company.
BEN HOROWITZA lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.
BEN HOROWITZNote to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?
BEN HOROWITZUntil you make the effort to get to know someone or something, you don’t know anything.
BEN HOROWITZSometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.
BEN HOROWITZThere are no silver bullets.
BEN HOROWITZThe trouble with innovation is that truly innovative ideas often look like bad ideas at the time.
BEN HOROWITZA key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.
BEN HOROWITZA manager can’t act like a role model. They need to BE a role model.
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