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I mean I wasn't a founder in the sense that I contributed anything scientifically but in the sense that I signed the corporation papers and, and owned founder's stock.

~Arthur Rock

Topics: Anything Corporation Founder Mean Owned Papers Scientifically Sense Signed Stock

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We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party.

~Barack Obama

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The big value of the founder running the company is really two things: the knowledge and the commitment.

~Ben Horowitz

Topics: Big Commitment Company Founder Knowledge Really Running Things Two Value

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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

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I was an executive running a pretty substantial group before becoming CEO, and I had no idea what it was like. When something goes wrong, people say, 'It's all your fault.' Your reaction is, 'It's not my fault.' But what do you mean? I was the founder, I hired everybody in the company, I was managing it.

~Ben Horowitz

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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?

~Ben Horowitz

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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.

~Ben Horowitz

Topics: Company Founded Founder Going Help Helps Run Somebody Who You

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Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has on several occasions talked about transparency as an absolute principle. I don't personally believe that.

~Bill Keller

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David Harrington, who's the violinist and founder of Kronos, is a super open-minded and adventurous guy.

~Bryce Dessner

Topics: Adventurous David Founder Guy Open-Minded Super Violinist

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W. E. B Dubois used the NAACP platform for two decades to discredit the character, reputation, and fund-raising efforts of capitalist and Tuskegee University founder, Booker T. Washington.

~Burgess Owens

Topics: Capitalist Character Decades Discredit Efforts Founder Naacp Platform Reputation Two University Used Washington T

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