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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.

Ben Horowitz

Planning is valuable, tho the plan is usually useless.
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Planning Useless Valuable
Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they’re hallucinating
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Guy Hallucinating Ideas Looks
In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.
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Decision Goal Made
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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People Said Thinking
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
Early in my career as an engineer, I’d learned that all decisions were objective until the first line of code was written. After that, all decisions were emotional.
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Career Decision Emotional
I believe in strength over lack of weakness.
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Believe Strength Weakness
You’re better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.
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Better Startup
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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People Problem Smart
A manager can’t act like a role model. They need to BE a role model.
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Manager Models Needs Role
When raising money, you want to look through the lens of ‘What happens when things go wrong?’
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Lenses Looks Want
Don’t punk out and don’t quit.
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Inspirational Motivational Quit
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
Mark [Andressen] was more popular than me at the time … He was like Beyoncé, I was Kelly Rowlings
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Beyonce Mark More Popular Time
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
There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver

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