It’s quite possible for an executive to hit her goal for the quarter by ignoring the future.
BEN HOROWITZDon’t punk out and don’t quit.
More Ben Horowitz Quotes
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As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.
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A lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.
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There are no silver bullets.
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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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One of the great things about building a tech company is the amazing people that you can hire.
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Yeah, I became a successful entrepreneur… Eventually
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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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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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Nothing motivates a great employee more than a mission that’s so important that it supersedes everyone’s personal ambition.
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Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups.
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The bigger you get, the harder this gets because the more aggressive the people working for you are.
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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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There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.
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Early in my career as an engineer, I’d learned that all decisions were objective until the first line of code was written. After that, all decisions were emotional.
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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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