Ben Horowitz Explains The Difference Between Engineers And Salespeople
There’s always some tension between the engineering and sales verticals in big companies, and it may come down to fundamental differences in how…
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If You Don’t Love What You’re Doing, You’re Going To Fail: Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was, by all accounts, an uncompromising CEO and a hard taskmaster, but he wouldn’t have been as successful as he was…
How Elon Musk Uses The Power Of Saying ‘No’ To Build His Many Businesses
Elon Musk seems to say ‘yes’ to building any company that would help the overall cause of humanity, but his real superpower might…
The Biggest Mistake I Made Is That I Weighed People’s Talent More Than Their Personality: Elon Musk
Elon Musk is the quintessential engineer, and focuses on data and facts even in terms of hiring and managing people, but he says…
Sam Altman On How To Spot Real And Fake Trends
Much of entrepreneurship is about spotting trends before they become mainstream, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — when he was with Y Combinator…
Inspiration Is Perishable, Act On It Immediately: Naval Ravikant
Inspiration can create great art, massive companies, and world-changing theories, but it might have a very short shelf-life. Naval Ravikant, the philosopher-entrepreneur behind…
How Peter Thiel Decides When To Promote People
Peter Thiel is one of the sharpest entrepreneurs and investors of his generation, and he has an interesting heuristic on deciding how to…
Ben Horowitz On Why The Best CEOs Are Decisive
Hesitation kills companies faster than bad decisions. That’s the core message from Ben Horowitz, co-founder of the influential venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz…
Big Companies Are Slow And Lack Conviction: Mark Zuckerberg On How They Managed To Build Facebook
Big companies have plenty of advantages over startups in terms of talent, resources and distribution, but startups too have an edge in some…