A manager can’t act like a role model. They need to BE a role model.
BEN HOROWITZBusiness ends up being very dynamic and situational.
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How do you make your company a good place to work in general? That’s a really really really large and complex set of skills.
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You don’t need every investor to believe that you can succeed. You only need one.
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A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.
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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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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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I think theres a lot to be said about just enjoying your work. It can be very contrived when people say their work is for the good of mankind.
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Business ends up being very dynamic and situational.
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I don’t believe in statistics. I believe in calculus.
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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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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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Nothing motivates a great employee more than a mission that’s so important that it supersedes everyone’s personal ambition.
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Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they’re hallucinating
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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 a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.
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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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