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The one thing with stress is, you’ve got to keep your focus on what you can do, not what happened to you.

Ben Horowitz

You’re better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.
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Better Startup
In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.
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Decision Goal Made
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
A lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.
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Excellent Job Lot Mentorship Training
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
I don’t believe in statistics. I believe in calculus.
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Believe Statistics
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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Accurate Decision Good Jobs Mistake Place Reason
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
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
I think theres a lot to be said about just enjoying your work. It can be very contrived when people say their work is for the good of mankind.
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People Said Thinking
Until you make the effort to get to know someone or something, you don’t know anything.
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Anything Effort Knows Someone Something
Don’t punk out and don’t quit.
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Inspirational Motivational Quit
You don’t need every investor to believe that you can succeed. You only need one.
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Believe Inspiration Needs
A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.
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Keys Leader Management
A manager can’t act like a role model. They need to BE a role model.
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Manager Models Needs Role
There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.
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Bullets Consequences Silver

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