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

Ben Horowitz

As companies move to web-based computing they get a lot more servers, which are difficult to manage and control. All kinds of problems can arise – security, quality and worms.
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Kind Moving Quality
There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver
A manager can’t act like a role model. They need to BE a role model.
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Manager Models Needs Role
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
Your employees know each other better than they know you.
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Employee Knows Management
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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Answer Culture 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
As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.
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Challenges Communication Company
It’s quite possible for an executive to hit her goal for the quarter by ignoring the future.
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Executive Goal Quarters
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
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
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
A lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.
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Excellent Job Lot Mentorship Training
The key to high-quality communication is trust, and its hard to trust somebody that you dont know.
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Communication Keys Quality
Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?
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Ask Good Ideas Notes Self
You don’t need every investor to believe that you can succeed. You only need one.
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Believe Inspiration Needs

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

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