There are no silver bullets.
BEN HOROWITZNote to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?
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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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Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?
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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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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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To succeed at selling a losing product, you must develop seriously superior sales techniques. In addition, you have to be massively competitive and incredibly hungry to survive in that environment.
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In life, everybody faces choices between doing what’s popular, easy, and wrong vs. doing what’s lonely, difficult, and right.
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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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In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence.
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Yeah, I became a successful entrepreneur… Eventually
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The only thing that prepares you to run a company is running a company.
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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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I believe in strength over lack of weakness.
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I don’t believe in statistics. I believe in calculus.
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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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Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups.
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