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Ben Horowitz
Ben is the Z in A16Z, the world's largest venture capital firm with over $46 billion in committed capital.
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Mindset3 steps
Break the Chain of Bad Decisions
Disasters are chains of small bad decisions; eat the sunk cost to break the chain and start a chain of good ones
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Entrepreneurship3 steps
Deliberate Team Scaling
Build the senior team paced to your ability to integrate and manage them, avoiding both fast-scaling and never-hiring-experience
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Influence3 steps
Invest in Strength, Not Lack of Weakness
Judge people by what they do best, not their worst mistake; back the world-class strength and manage around the flaws
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Leadership3 steps
Managerial Leverage Test
You don't make reports great; you hire people who make you great, and you replace those you have to push
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Leadership3 steps
Product Manager as Leader Without Authority
The PM job isn't specs or interviews; it's leading via influence so the product wins in the market
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Leadership3 steps
Run Toward Fear
When both choices are horrible, decide fast toward the slightly-better one instead of avoiding the decision
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Communication3 steps
Specific-Behavior Feedback
Never label the person; name the specific behavior, the role gap it creates, and offer to help fix it
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Mindset3 steps
The Confidence-Competency Curve
Founders fail by losing confidence after costly mistakes; normalize D-minuses and just never take the F
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Finance3 steps
The Unit-Economics Bubble Test
A real bubble is when the businesses don't work, not when prices are high; and if everyone calls it a bubble, it isn't one
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