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.
BEN HOROWITZThere are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.
More Ben Horowitz Quotes
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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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If you have never done the job, how do you know what to want?
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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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A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more.
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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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Leadership is hard to train on.
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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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I believe in strength over lack of weakness.
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Don’t punk out and don’t quit.
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Your employees know each other better than they know you.
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Business ends up being very dynamic and situational.
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One of the great things about building a tech company is the amazing people that you can hire.
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Wartime CEO is too busy fighting the enemy to read management books written by consultants who have never managed a fruit stand.
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You don’t need every investor to believe that you can succeed. You only need one.
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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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