If you have never done the job, how do you know what to want?
BEN HOROWITZThere are no silver bullets.
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These decisions intensify when you run a company, because the consequences get magnified 1,000 fold. As in life, the excuses for CEOs making the wrong choice are always plentiful.
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I don’t believe in statistics. I believe in calculus.
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Mark [Andressen] was more popular than me at the time … He was like Beyoncé, I was Kelly Rowlings
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Planning is valuable, tho the plan is usually useless.
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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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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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You don’t need every investor to believe that you can succeed. You only need one.
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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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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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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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As companies move to web-based computing they get a lot more servers, which are difficult to manage and control. All kinds of problems can arise – security, quality and worms.
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Groupon looked like a very high valuation, but any investment in a great company at any stage is almost always a good investment.
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Until you make the effort to get to know someone or something, you don’t know anything.
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Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they’re hallucinating
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The only thing that prepares you to run a company is running a company.
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