Here’s where we are and here’s what I didn’t recognize about us and about you when I made the decision, and now it is what it is.
BEN HOROWITZThe 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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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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Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they’re hallucinating
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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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In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence.
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Business ends up being very dynamic and situational.
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I don’t believe in statistics. I believe in calculus.
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There are no silver bullets.
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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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These decisions intensify when you run a company, because the consequences get magnified 1,000 fold. As in life, the excuses for CEOs making the wrong choice are always plentiful.
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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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Relationships built from a business do better than the reverse.
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Leadership is hard to train on.
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In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.
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You don’t need every investor to believe that you can succeed. You only need one.
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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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