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I would have never wanted to write another management book. There are so many of them, and everybody says the same thing about them, and they are all the same - they give the exact same advice. It's like a diet book; they all say eat less calories, exercise more, and every single book has the same conclusion.

From Ben Horowitz

The first rule of the C.E.O. psychological meltdown is 'Don't talk about the psychological meltdown.'

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It helps to have founded and run a company if you're going to help somebody run a company who is a founder.

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In Silicon Valley, when you're a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong.

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The thing that's confusing for investors is that founders don't know how to be CEO. I didn't know how to do the job when I was a CEO. Founder CEOs don't know how to be CEOs, but it doesn't mean they can't learn. The question is... can the founder learn that job and can they tolerate all mistakes they will make doing it?

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Look - this is the terror of being a founder & CEO. It is all your fault. Every decision, every person you hire, every dumb thing you buy or do - ultimately, you're at the end.

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As long as people are clear on what they need to do and what's going on, you're very likely to succeed. When nobody is clear, then you're guaranteed to fail.

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Some libertarians say, 'Well, if people work harder, they can make more money.' But, you know, my mother is a nurse and I am a venture capitalist. I think no matter how great a nurse she is, she wouldn't earn a one-thousandth of what I can make, if that.

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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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In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.

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