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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

You’re better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.
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Better Startup
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 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
The trouble with innovation is that truly innovative ideas often look like bad ideas at the time.
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Ideas Innovation Looks
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
Sometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.
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Clarity Needs Organization
A lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.
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Excellent Job Lot Mentorship Training
Your employees know each other better than they know you.
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Employee Knows Management
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
Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?
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Ask Good Ideas Notes Self
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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Differences People Vision
I believe in strength over lack of weakness.
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Believe Strength Weakness
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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Bar Company Lasts Lower Years
Business ends up being very dynamic and situational.
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Business Dynamic Ends Situation
The right answer on raises is you have to be formal. You have to be formal to save your own culture.
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Answer Culture Management
Every time you make the hard, correct decision you become a bit more courageous, and every time you make the easy, wrong decision you become a bit more cowardly. If you are CEO, these choices will lead to a courageous or cowardly company.
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Choice Courageous Decision

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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