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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

Most large mistakes in organizational design come from putting the individual ambitions of the people at the top of the organization ahead of the communication paths for the people at the bottom of the organization.
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Ambition Communication Mistakes
Generally the reason they fail in the job is, you made some mistake in the hiring process in that you didn’t match… them to the needs of your company accurately enough. That’s the #1 reason this fails. And that’s generally a good place to start.
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Accurate Decision Good Jobs Mistake Place Reason
Your employees know each other better than they know you.
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Employee Knows Management
The one thing with stress is, you’ve got to keep your focus on what you can do, not what happened to you.
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Focus Management Stress
I don’t believe in statistics. I believe in calculus.
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Believe Statistics
Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they’re hallucinating
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Guy Hallucinating Ideas Looks
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
A manager can’t act like a role model. They need to BE a role model.
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Manager Models Needs Role
Leadership is hard to train on.
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Hard Leadership Train
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
Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?
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Ask Good Ideas Notes Self
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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Jobs Skills Training
You know what the difference between a vision and a hallucination is? They call it a vision when other people can see it.
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Differences People Vision
When raising money, you want to look through the lens of ‘What happens when things go wrong?’
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Lenses Looks Want
In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence.
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Decision Found Important
I believe in strength over lack of weakness.
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Believe Strength Weakness

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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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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