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The bigger you get, the harder this gets because the more aggressive the people working for you are.

Ben Horowitz

I emphasize to C.E.O.s, you have to have a story in the minds of the employees. It’s hard to memorize objectives, but it’s easy to remember a story.
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Mind Remember Stories
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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Express Inspiration Jobs People
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
A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.
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Keys Leader Management
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
You don’t need every investor to believe that you can succeed. You only need one.
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Believe Inspiration Needs
Yeah, I became a successful entrepreneur… Eventually
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Become Entrepreneur Successful
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.
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Critical Decisions Talking Views
A lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.
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Excellent Job Lot Mentorship Training
You’re better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.
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Better Startup
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
Mark [Andressen] was more popular than me at the time … He was like Beyoncé, I was Kelly Rowlings
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Beyonce Mark More Popular Time
The only thing that prepares you to run a company is running a company.
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Company Repair Running
The bigger you get, the harder this gets because the more aggressive the people working for you are.
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Bigger Management People
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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People Problem Smart
In life, everybody faces choices between doing what’s popular, easy, and wrong vs. doing what’s lonely, difficult, and right.
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Decision Lonely Running

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