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The key to high-quality communication is trust, and its hard to trust somebody that you dont know.

Ben Horowitz

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
Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of business.
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People Problem Smart
There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver
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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Focus Management Stress
It’s hard in daily life. It’s even harder in management because it’s the stress of the moment.
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Daily Life Management Stress
I don’t believe in statistics. I believe in calculus.
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Believe Statistics
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
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
Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing?
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Ask Good Ideas Notes Self
In Silicon Valley, when you’re a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong.
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Company Entrepreneur Valleys
Don’t punk out and don’t quit.
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Inspirational Motivational Quit
Nothing motivates a great employee more than a mission that’s so important that it supersedes everyone’s personal ambition.
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Ambition Important Mission
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
Leadership is hard to train on.
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Hard Leadership Train
It turns out that is exactly what product strategy is all about—figuring out the right product is the innovator’s job, not the customer’s job.
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Customer Figuring Jobs Product Strategy Turns
A lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.
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Excellent Job Lot Mentorship Training

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