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Published in Marker

·Oct 30, 2019

Your Mission Statement Is Not Your Company Culture

If you see something off-culture and ignore it, you’ve created a new culture — When I first founded a company, one called LoudCloud, I sought advice from CEOs and industry leaders. They all told me, “Pay attention to your culture. Culture is the most important thing.” But when I asked these leaders, “What exactly is culture, and how can I affect mine?” they became…

Culture

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Your Mission Statement Is Not Your Company Culture
Your Mission Statement Is Not Your Company Culture
Culture

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Feb 15, 2018

Andrew Chen

I’m a fuckin’ genius, Jimmy Neutron Soulja Boy, The Best Back in 2007 when Marc and I were angel investors, we read everything we could on the emerging techniques for building products and companies. We were hungry for any information that would help us understand the state-of-the-art. Among all the…

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Nov 15, 2017

United Masters

“Dinner with Anna Wintour, racing with Anja Rubik I told you muthaf*ckers it was more than the music” — Kanye West, “Cold” Nearly 30 years ago Steve Stoute saw something that changed his life: He went to see RunDMC perform at Madison Square Garden. During the show, as they began…

Music

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Music

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Oct 18, 2017

Nationbuilder’s New CEO: Lea Endres

“Follow the leader is the title, theme, task Now you know, you don’t have to ask” -Rakim Nationbuilder makes software for leaders. The company was founded on a belief in the profound good that great leadership brings to the world. …

Startup

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Startup

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Apr 7, 2017

Todd and Freddy

“Pardon but I gotta question of life now Look at the n!*g& next to you right now Is he real, fake or scared?” -Nas When I first met Todd and Freddy, they were two guys with an idea. When Todd and Freddy first met Marc and me, we were two…

Startup

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Startup

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Apr 18, 2016

Bill

“Winter, spring, summer or fall All you’ve got to do is call And I’ll be there, ye, ye, ye You’ve got a friend” -James Taylor Last night my friend Bill Campbell passed away. He meant everything to me and I am having trouble even beginning to say something. Today people…

Love

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Published in Mission.org

·Mar 21, 2016

Usermind

“Yeah, I’m the best to ever do it bitch and you’re the best at never doing shit” -Lil’ Wayne, We Be Steady Mobbin’ Back in the days when I was CEO, I noticed something interesting in my organization. Within any function, be it Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Finance, etc., everything worked…

Startup

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Startup

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Dec 8, 2015

How to Ruin Your Company with One Bad Process

“Real quick, whole squad on that real sh*t 0 to 100, n***a, real quick” — Drake, “0 to 100/The Catch Up” I am a giant advocate for technical founders running their own companies, but one consistent way that technical founders deeply harm their businesses is by screwing up the budgeting…

Startup

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Startup

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Published in Software Is Eating the World

·Nov 18, 2015

Andy

Introduction to High Output Management “At sixteen, son was watching him, mesmerized Respect, not jocking him, was so amazing, besides He came on the stage with lasers in his eyes Walk with me now” — Nas, U.B.R. (Unauthorized Biography of Rakim) I first read High Output Management in 1995. In…

Management

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Management

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Nov 27, 2013

When Smart People Are Bad Employees

And I always find, yeah, I always find somethin’ wrong You been puttin’ up with my sh#t just way too long I’m so gifted at findin’ what I don’t like the most So I think it’s time for us to have a toast Let’s have a toast for the douchebags, Let’s have a toast for…

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VC, Blogger, and Author of http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Hard-Thing-About-Things-Ben-Horowitz/?isbn=9780062273208.

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