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Most companies that go through layoffs are never the same. They don't recover because trust is broken. And if you're not honest at the point where you're breaking trust anyway, you will never recover.

~Ben Horowitz

Topics: Anyway Because Breaking Broken Companies Go Honest Layoffs Most Never Point Recover Same Through Trust Where Will You

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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.

~Ben Horowitz

Topics: Being Buy Ceo Decision Dumb End Every Fault Founder Hire Look Person Terror Thing Ultimately You Your

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I'm a huge believer in clarity.

~Ben Horowitz

Topics: Believer Clarity Huge

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

~Ben Horowitz

Topics: Company Decisions Get Goals Hundreds Made Objectives Thin

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I do think a lot of people are trying to do important things still, and I think it is really a great thing that entrepreneurship is getting easier. When I started, it was just much harder to begin a company.

~Ben Horowitz

Topics: Begin Company Easier Entrepreneurship Getting Great Great Thing Harder Important Important Things Just Lot Much People Really Started Still Thing Things Think Trying I Think

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Every employee in a company depends on the C.E.O. to make fast, high-quality decisions.

~Ben Horowitz

Topics: Company Decisions Depends Employee Every Fast High-Quality Make

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One of the things I say to people is: Imagine if we succeeded.

~Ben Horowitz

Topics: Imagine One Of The Things People Say Succeeded Things

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Big companies have trouble with innovation. Innovation is about bad ideas, or ideas that look like bad ideas. That's the fundamental thing.

~Ben Horowitz

Topics: About Bad Big Big Companies Companies Fundamental Ideas Innovation Like Look Thing Trouble

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With communication technology in general, there's a kind of certain critical mass of people. Once you get to 15% of the world's entire population using one communication technology, that's a big deal. It's beyond the theoretical at this point. The people who think it's a fad have probably not been paying that much attention.

~Ben Horowitz

Topics: Attention Been Beyond Big Big Deal Certain Communication Critical Deal Entire Fad General Get Kind Mass Much Much Attention Once Paying People Point Population Technology Theoretical Think Using Who World You

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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

Topics: About Computer Connected Education Everybody Implications Important Important Thing Incredible Internet Many Mobile People Pocket So Many People Standpoint Thing Time

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Businessman

Born: June 13th, 1966

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