English - Businessman | June 13, 1966 -
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.
Ben Horowitz
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In boxing, you get hit, it's painful, then you sit on the stool when the adrenaline is gone and you feel that pain. And then you fight the next round.
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The first rule of the C.E.O. psychological meltdown is 'Don't talk about the psychological meltdown.'
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Do you have a real interest in people who work for you? Most good leaders have that - it's hard to get someone to follow you if they feel like you hate 'em.
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Leadership is hard to train on.
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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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It is very helpful to me, in my job, for people to know me better. A lot of that is, it's a communication job.
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The key to high-quality communication is trust, and it's hard to trust somebody that you don't know.
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The hardest thing about starting a company and running a company is, there's just so many expectations on you, and there are so many people who have things that they want you to do. It's a lot like life about that.
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