Leadership is hard to train on.
BEN HOROWITZThe 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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A lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.
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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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The only thing that prepares you to run a company is running a company.
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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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Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups.
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A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.
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There are no silver bullets.
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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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When I was CEO, and I’d listen to music, a lot of people listen to music and you get inspiration from it. And a lot of things in hip hop are very instructive for being in business. Particularly, hip hop is a lot about business, and so it was very useful for me in any job.
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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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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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In Silicon Valley, when you’re a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong.
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The right answer on raises is you have to be formal. You have to be formal to save your own culture.
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You don’t need every investor to believe that you can succeed. You only need one.
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Until you make the effort to get to know someone or something, you don’t know anything.
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