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Generally the reason they fail in the job is, you made some mistake in the hiring process in that you didn’t match… them to the needs of your company accurately enough. That’s the #1 reason this fails. And that’s generally a good place to start.

Ben Horowitz

The 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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Important People Phones
If you have never done the job, how do you know what to want?
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Done Jobs never Want
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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Focus Management Stress
Most large mistakes in organizational design come from putting the individual ambitions of the people at the top of the organization ahead of the communication paths for the people at the bottom of the organization.
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Ambition Communication Mistakes
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
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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Dignity Jobs Management
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
I believe in strength over lack of weakness.
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Believe Strength Weakness
Business ends up being very dynamic and situational.
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Business Dynamic Ends Situation
Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?
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Ask Good Ideas Notes Self
What do you get when you cross a herd of sheep with a herd of lemmings? A herd of venture capitalists.
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Lemming Sheep Venture
Leadership is hard to train on.
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Hard Leadership Train
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
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
Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups.
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Billionaire Black Loyal Wife

Generally the reason they fail in the job is, you made some mistake in the hiring process in that you didn’t match… them to the needs of your company accurately enough. That’s the #1 reason this fails. And that’s generally a good place to start.

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Generally the reason they fail in the job is, you made some mistake in the hiring process in that you didn’t match… them to the needs of your company accurately enough. That’s the #1 reason this fails. And that’s generally a good place to start.

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