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Ben Horowitz

In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence.
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Decision Found Important
A lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.
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Excellent Job Lot Mentorship Training
Nothing motivates a great employee more than a mission that’s so important that it supersedes everyone’s personal ambition.
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Ambition Important Mission
There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver
It’s pretty clear that [customers] know what their budgets are now, and what they want to spend it on.
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Clear Customer Want
A manager can’t act like a role model. They need to BE a role model.
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Manager Models Needs Role
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
It 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.
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Customer Figuring Jobs Product Strategy Turns
Groupon looked like a very high valuation, but any investment in a great company at any stage is almost always a good investment.
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Great Company Investment Stage
Sometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.
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Clarity Needs Organization
Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?
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Ask Good Ideas Notes Self
There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver
One of the great things about building a tech company is the amazing people that you can hire.
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Building Great People Things
As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.
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Challenges Communication Company
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
I don’t believe in statistics. I believe in calculus.
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Believe Statistics

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