Early in my career as an engineer, I’d learned that all decisions were objective until the first line of code was written. After that, all decisions were emotional.
Ben HorowitzIn life, you don't have a level of confrontation and the nonsense you run into when you're a CEO. CEOs aren't born.
Ben HorowitzHire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of business.
Ben HorowitzWhen you're making a critical decision, you have to understand how it's going to be interpreted from all points of view. Not just your point of view, not just the person you're talking to, but the people that aren't in the room. Everybody else.
Ben Horowitz