It’s quite possible for an executive to hit her goal for the quarter by ignoring the future.
BEN HOROWITZThere are no silver bullets.
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In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.
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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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The trouble with innovation is that truly innovative ideas often look like bad ideas at the time.
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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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It’s hard in daily life. It’s even harder in management because it’s the stress of the moment.
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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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Leadership is hard to train on.
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There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.
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There are no silver bullets.
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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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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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As a startup CEO, I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried.
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In Silicon Valley, when you’re a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong.
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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.
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Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of business.
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