Ben Horowitz Quotes

In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.
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Decision Goal Made
A manager can’t act like a role model. They need to BE a role model.
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Manager Models Needs Role
If you have never done the job, how do you know what to want?
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Done Jobs never Want
To succeed at selling a losing product, you must develop seriously superior sales techniques. In addition, you have to be massively competitive and incredibly hungry to survive in that environment.
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Losing Succeed Technique
You’re better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.
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Better Startup
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
Here’s Kanye, the great musical genius of his generation in hip hop, but, like, society really can’t even deal with him because he’s always saying something that people go, ‘Oh, I can’t believe Kanye said that. I can’t believe he did that.’
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Believe Musical Genius People
In Silicon Valley, when you’re a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong.
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Company Entrepreneur Valleys
Sometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.
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Clarity Needs Organization
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
Mark [Andressen] was more popular than me at the time … He was like Beyoncé, I was Kelly Rowlings
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Beyonce Mark More Popular Time
As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.
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Challenges Communication Company
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
I think theres a lot to be said about just enjoying your work. It can be very contrived when people say their work is for the good of mankind.
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People Said Thinking
You don’t need every investor to believe that you can succeed. You only need one.
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Believe Inspiration Needs
A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more.
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Entrepreneur Found Needs
Yeah, I became a successful entrepreneur… Eventually
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Become Entrepreneur Successful

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