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Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?

Ben Horowitz

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
I believe in strength over lack of weakness.
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Believe Strength Weakness
Sometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.
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Clarity Needs Organization
If you have never done the job, how do you know what to want?
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Done Jobs never Want
Most large mistakes in organizational design come from putting the individual ambitions of the people at the top of the organization ahead of the communication paths for the people at the bottom of the organization.
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Ambition Communication Mistakes
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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Kind Moving Quality
When raising money, you want to look through the lens of ‘What happens when things go wrong?’
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Lenses Looks Want
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
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
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
In life, you don’t have a level of confrontation and the nonsense you run into when you’re a CEO. CEOs aren’t born.
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Levels Nonsense Running
You can take somebody’s job, you have to take their job, but you don’t have to take their dignity.
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Dignity Jobs Management
Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups.
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Billionaire Black Loyal Wife
As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.
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Challenges Communication Company
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
A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.
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Keys Leader Management

Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?

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