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.
BEN HOROWITZFor 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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One of the great things about building a tech company is the amazing people that you can hire.
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You know what the difference between a vision and a hallucination is? They call it a vision when other people can see it.
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If you have never done the job, how do you know what to want?
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A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.
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When I was CEO, and I’d listen to music, a lot of people listen to music and you get inspiration from it. And a lot of things in hip hop are very instructive for being in business. Particularly, hip hop is a lot about business, and so it was very useful for me in any job.
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There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.
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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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The trouble with innovation is that truly innovative ideas often look like bad ideas at the time.
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Sometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.
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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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Don’t punk out and don’t quit.
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There are no silver bullets.
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The one thing with stress is, you’ve got to keep your focus on what you can do, not what happened to you.
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In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.
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Leadership is hard to train on.
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