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Leadership is hard to train on.

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
I emphasize to C.E.O.s, you have to have a story in the minds of the employees. It’s hard to memorize objectives, but it’s easy to remember a story.
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Mind Remember Stories
Sometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.
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Clarity Needs Organization
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
As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.
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Challenges Communication Company
Business ends up being very dynamic and situational.
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Business Dynamic Ends Situation
A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more.
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Entrepreneur Found Needs
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
Don’t punk out and don’t quit.
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Inspirational Motivational Quit
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
If you have never done the job, how do you know what to want?
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Done Jobs never Want
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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Express Inspiration Jobs People
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
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
Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?
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Ask Good Ideas Notes Self
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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Length Management Years

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