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You can take somebody’s job, you have to take their job, but you don’t have to take their dignity.

Ben Horowitz

Groupon looked like a very high valuation, but any investment in a great company at any stage is almost always a good investment.
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Great Company Investment Stage
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
A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more.
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Entrepreneur Found Needs
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
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
You can take somebody’s job, you have to take their job, but you don’t have to take their dignity.
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Dignity Jobs Management
A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.
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Keys Leader Management
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
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
In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence.
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Decision Found Important
A lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.
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Excellent Job Lot Mentorship Training
When raising money, you want to look through the lens of ‘What happens when things go wrong?’
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Lenses Looks Want
There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver
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
It’s pretty clear that [customers] know what their budgets are now, and what they want to spend it on.
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Clear Customer Want
As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.
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Challenges Communication Company

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