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The only thing that prepares you to run a company is running a company.

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
In Silicon Valley, when you’re a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong.
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Company Entrepreneur Valleys
Every time you make the hard, correct decision you become a bit more courageous, and every time you make the easy, wrong decision you become a bit more cowardly. If you are CEO, these choices will lead to a courageous or cowardly company.
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Choice Courageous Decision
Leadership is hard to train on.
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Hard Leadership Train
As a startup CEO, I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried.
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Baby Hours Motivation
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
Planning is valuable, tho the plan is usually useless.
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Planning Useless Valuable
A lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.
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Excellent Job Lot Mentorship Training
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
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
Business ends up being very dynamic and situational.
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Business Dynamic Ends Situation
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
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
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
You don’t need every investor to believe that you can succeed. You only need one.
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Believe Inspiration Needs
What do you get when you cross a herd of sheep with a herd of lemmings? A herd of venture capitalists.
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Lemming Sheep Venture

The only thing that prepares you to run a company is running a company.

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