Ben Horowitz on majority
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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.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz I believe in strength over lack of weakness.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz Here’s where we are and here’s what I didn’t recognize about us and about you when I made the decision, and now it is what it is.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz The one thing with stress is, you’ve got to keep your focus on what you can do, not what happened to you.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz 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.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz The trouble with innovation is that truly innovative ideas often look like bad ideas at the time.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz A lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz Nothing motivates a great employee more than a mission that’s so important that it supersedes everyone’s personal ambition.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz 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.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz 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.
Ben HorowitzBen 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.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz The bigger you get, the harder this gets because the more aggressive the people working for you are.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz 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.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz The right answer on raises is you have to be formal. You have to be formal to save your own culture.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz What do you get when you cross a herd of sheep with a herd of lemmings? A herd of venture capitalists.
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The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.
Herbert SpencerHerbert Spencer In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right and evil doesn’t become good, just because it’s accepted by a majority.
Rick WarrenRick Warren A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to mean is worthless.
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia Why go with the majority when you can find your own direction?
OvyukiOvyuki In the vast majority of businesses, there is simply no such thing as “the best.”
Michael PorterMichael Porter Our job is going to be to hold Donald Trump and the Republican majority accountable.
Charles SchumerCharles Schumer The means of many outweigh the means of the few or one.
Leonard NimoyLeonard Nimoy
