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A lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.

Ben Horowitz

The trouble with innovation is that truly innovative ideas often look like bad ideas at the time.
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Ideas Innovation Looks
There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver
A manager can’t act like a role model. They need to BE a role model.
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Manager Models Needs Role
Volatility and length, that’s the value on an option. 10 years on a startup stock, that’s a big valuable thing.
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Length Management Years
There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver
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.
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About Decision Made Now Recognize
A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.
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Keys Leader Management
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
For example, the vast majority of security break-ins occur as a result of problems with known fixes. With an automated system, you can keep up to date.
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Date Example Majority Problem Result
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
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
As a startup CEO, I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried.
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Baby Hours Motivation
I don’t believe in statistics. I believe in calculus.
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Believe Statistics
A lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.
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Excellent Job Lot Mentorship Training
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

A lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.

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