- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Design
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm in my position at a company, I may not have the knowledge of the C.E.O., I may not know what's possible, or I may not have the creativity, but if I can identify a problem, that's a valuable thing.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Courage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of business.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
When screening engineers from other companies, its smart to value engineers from great companies more than those from mediocre companies.
- Losing
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first rule of the C.E.O. psychological meltdown is 'Don't talk about the psychological meltdown.'
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Leadership is hard to train on.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
Big companies have trouble with innovation. Innovation is about bad ideas, or ideas that look like bad ideas. That's the fundamental thing.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
It helps to have founded and run a company if you're going to help somebody run a company who is a founder.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
Business ends up being very dynamic and situational.
- Communication
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
The key to high-quality communication is trust, and it's hard to trust somebody that you don't know.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Emotionally
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- Nov 07, 2020