Yeah, I became a successful entrepreneur… Eventually
BEN HOROWITZYou’re better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.
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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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The bigger you get, the harder this gets because the more aggressive the people working for you are.
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Wartime CEO is too busy fighting the enemy to read management books written by consultants who have never managed a fruit stand.
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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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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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For 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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You’re better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.
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It’s quite possible for an executive to hit her goal for the quarter by ignoring the future.
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Early in my career as an engineer, I’d learned that all decisions were objective until the first line of code was written. After that, all decisions were emotional.
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I believe in strength over lack of weakness.
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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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There are no silver bullets.
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Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?
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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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Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups.
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