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When raising money, you want to look through the lens of ‘What happens when things go wrong?’

Ben Horowitz

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
Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups.
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Billionaire Black Loyal Wife
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
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
Leadership is hard to train on.
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Hard Leadership Train
There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver
As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.
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Challenges Communication Company
One of the great things about building a tech company is the amazing people that you can hire.
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Building Great People Things
A lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.
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Excellent Job Lot Mentorship Training
Sometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.
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Clarity Needs Organization
Business ends up being very dynamic and situational.
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Business Dynamic Ends Situation
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
Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?
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Ask Good Ideas Notes Self
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
It turns out that is exactly what product strategy is all about—figuring out the right product is the innovator’s job, not the customer’s job.
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Customer Figuring Jobs Product Strategy Turns
You’re better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.
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