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Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they’re hallucinating

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
Don’t punk out and don’t quit.
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Inspirational Motivational Quit
A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.
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Keys Leader Management
Until you make the effort to get to know someone or something, you don’t know anything.
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Anything Effort Knows Someone Something
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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Losing Succeed Technique
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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Length Management Years
The bigger you get, the harder this gets because the more aggressive the people working for you are.
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Bigger Management People
There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver
Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they’re hallucinating
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Guy Hallucinating Ideas Looks
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
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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Company Deal Leaves Management
A lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.
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Excellent Job Lot Mentorship Training
Planning is valuable, tho the plan is usually useless.
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Planning Useless Valuable
A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more.
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Entrepreneur Found Needs
You’re better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.
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Better Startup
As a startup CEO, I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried.
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Baby Hours Motivation

Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they’re hallucinating

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