Leadership is hard to train on.
BEN HOROWITZThere are no silver bullets.
More Ben Horowitz Quotes
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Sometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.
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When you’re making a critical decision, you have to understand how it’s going to be interpreted from all points of view. Not just your point of view, not just the person you’re talking to, but the people that aren’t in the room. Everybody else.
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Relationships built from a business do better than the reverse.
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When raising money, you want to look through the lens of ‘What happens when things go wrong?’
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There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.
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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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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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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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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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Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups.
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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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There are no silver bullets.
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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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Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they’re hallucinating
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There are no silver bullets.
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