Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?
BEN HOROWITZIf you have never done the job, how do you know what to want?
More Ben Horowitz Quotes
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Relationships built from a business do better than the reverse.
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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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As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.
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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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It’s hard in daily life. It’s even harder in management because it’s the stress of the moment.
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Nothing motivates a great employee more than a mission that’s so important that it supersedes everyone’s personal ambition.
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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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I believe in strength over lack of weakness.
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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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Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they’re hallucinating
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I don’t believe in statistics. I believe in calculus.
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A lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.
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You can take somebody’s job, you have to take their job, but you don’t have to take their dignity.
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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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It’s quite possible for an executive to hit her goal for the quarter by ignoring the future.
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