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Ben Horowitz Quotes

The one thing with stress is, you’ve got to keep your focus on what you can do, not what happened to you Picture Quote #1

I think that business book reporting, it’s all Jim Collins, it’s the story of victory; it’s success bias over and over again Picture Quote #1

I think there’s 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 Picture Quote #1

A good engineering interview will include some set of difficult problems to solve. It might even require that the candidate write a short program. In addition, it will test the candidate’s knowledge of the tools she uses in great depth Picture Quote #1

By far the most difficult skill I learned as a C.E.O. was the ability to manage my own psychology. Organizational design, process design, metrics, hiring and firing were all relatively straightforward skills to master compared with keeping my mind in check Picture Quote #1

The laws of business physics have been broken in terms of how many customers you can acquire and how fast. No one in history has ever acquired 450 million customers in the same amount of time that WhatsApp did Picture Quote #1

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When you found a company, you have the original vision, you make all the original decisions, you know every employee, you kind of know every aspect of the product architecture and its limitations Picture Quote #1

When screening engineers from other companies, its smart to value engineers from great companies more than those from mediocre companies Picture Quote #1

I described the CEO job as knowing what to do and getting the company to do what you want. Designing a proper company culture will help you get your company to do what you want in certain important areas for a very long time Picture Quote #1

As a company gets big, the information that informs decision-making gets massive. Depending upon the prism through which you view the business, your perspective will vary. If two people are in charge, this variance will cause conflict and delay Picture Quote #1

I think when companies are struggling, they don’t want to talk to the press. The guys who write business books aren’t interested in it because nobody wants to learn what it’s like to be a mess, you want to learn how to be successful. That’s slanted the whole thing quite a bit Picture Quote #1

The one thing with stress is, you’ve got to keep your focus on what you can do, not what happened to you Picture Quote #1

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Business ends up being very dynamic and situational Picture Quote #1

Leadership is hard to train on Picture Quote #1

In life, you don’t have a level of confrontation and the nonsense you run into when you’re a CEO. CEOs aren’t born Picture Quote #1

I believe in strength over lack of weakness Picture Quote #1

The right answer on raises is you have to be formal. You have to be formal to save your own culture Picture Quote #1

The bigger you get, the harder this gets because the more aggressive the people working for you are Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

You can take somebody’s job, you have to take their job, but you don’t have to take their dignity Picture Quote #1

It’s hard in daily life. It’s even harder in management because it’s the stress of the moment Picture Quote #1

Until you make the effort to get to know someone or something, you don’t know anything Picture Quote #1

Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups Picture Quote #1

You’re better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

How do you make your company a good place to work in general? That’s a really, really, really large and complex set of skills. A lot of it is on-the-job training, combined with excellent mentorship Picture Quote #1

In all the difficult decisions that I made through the course of running Loudcloud and Opsware, I never once felt brave. In fact, I often felt scared to death. I never lost those feelings, but after much practice, I learned to ignore them. That learning process might also be called the courage development process Picture Quote #1

A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself Picture Quote #1

Don’t punk out and don’t quit Picture Quote #1

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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. (Ben Horowitz Quotes) I think that business book reporting, it’s all Jim Collins, it’s the story of victory; it’s success bias over and over again. (Ben Horowitz Quotes) I think there’s 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. (Ben Horowitz Quotes) A good engineering interview will include some set of difficult problems to solve. It might even require that the candidate write a short program. In addition, it will test the candidate’s knowledge of the tools she uses in great depth. (Ben Horowitz Quotes) By far the most difficult skill I learned as a C.E.O. was the ability to manage my own psychology. Organizational design, process design, metrics, hiring and firing were all relatively straightforward skills to master compared with keeping my mind in check. (Ben Horowitz Quotes) The laws of business physics have been broken in terms of how many customers you can acquire and how fast. No one in history has ever acquired 450 million customers in the same amount of time that WhatsApp did. (Ben Horowitz Quotes) When you found a company, you have the original vision, you make all the original decisions, you know every employee, you kind of know every aspect of the product architecture and its limitations. (Ben Horowitz Quotes) When screening engineers from other companies, its smart to value engineers from great companies more than those from mediocre companies. (Ben Horowitz Quotes) I described the CEO job as knowing what to do and getting the company to do what you want. Designing a proper company culture will help you get your company to do what you want in certain important areas for a very long time. (Ben Horowitz Quotes) As a company gets big, the information that informs decision-making gets massive. Depending upon the prism through which you view the business, your perspective will vary. If two people are in charge, this variance will cause conflict and delay. (Ben Horowitz Quotes) I think when companies are struggling, they don’t want to talk to the press. The guys who write business books aren’t interested in it because nobody wants to learn what it’s like to be a mess, you want to learn how to be successful. That’s slanted the whole thing quite a bit. (Ben Horowitz Quotes) The one thing with stress is, you’ve got to keep your focus on what you can do, not what happened to you (Ben Horowitz Quotes) Business ends up being very dynamic and situational (Ben Horowitz Quotes) Leadership is hard to train on (Ben Horowitz Quotes) In life, you don’t have a level of confrontation and the nonsense you run into when you’re a CEO. CEOs aren’t born (Ben Horowitz Quotes) I believe in strength over lack of weakness (Ben Horowitz Quotes) The right answer on raises is you have to be formal. You have to be formal to save your own culture (Ben Horowitz Quotes) The bigger you get, the harder this gets because the more aggressive the people working for you are (Ben Horowitz Quotes) Volatility and length, that’s the value on an option. 10 years on a startup stock, that’s a big valuable thing (Ben Horowitz Quotes) You can take somebody’s job, you have to take their job, but you don’t have to take their dignity (Ben Horowitz Quotes) It’s hard in daily life. It’s even harder in management because it’s the stress of the moment (Ben Horowitz Quotes) Until you make the effort to get to know someone or something, you don’t know anything (Ben Horowitz Quotes) Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups (Ben Horowitz Quotes) You’re better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup (Ben Horowitz Quotes) 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 Horowitz Quotes) 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 Horowitz Quotes) How do you make your company a good place to work in general? That’s a really, really, really large and complex set of skills. A lot of it is on-the-job training, combined with excellent mentorship (Ben Horowitz Quotes) In all the difficult decisions that I made through the course of running Loudcloud and Opsware, I never once felt brave. In fact, I often felt scared to death. I never lost those feelings, but after much practice, I learned to ignore them. That learning process might also be called the courage development process (Ben Horowitz Quotes) A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself (Ben Horowitz Quotes) Don’t punk out and don’t quit (Ben Horowitz Quotes)

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