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 本·霍罗威茨

在成为首席执行官之前,我是一名管理着一个相当庞大团队的高管,我不知道那是什么感觉。当出现问题时,人们会说,‘都是你的错。你的反应是,这不是我的错。“你这话是什么意思?”我是创始人,我雇佣了公司里的每一个人,我管理公司。

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While everyone else is thinking about economics and politics, executive salaries and the future of the euro, do the opposite, even if it's hard. Invest in the spirit.

当所有人都在思考经济和政治问题时,高管薪酬和欧元的未来却恰恰相反,尽管这很困难。在精神上投资。

In theory, I'd like to work in a group. But the group I'd like to work in, all the musicians in them are long since dead.

从理论上讲,我喜欢在一个小组里工作。但是我想加入的那个乐队,里面所有的音乐家都已经去世很久了。

An executive is a person who always decides sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.

高管是这样的人,他总是做出决定,有时他的决定是正确的,但他总是做出决定。

I was in group therapy for years but it wasn't the same thing. It was more about growing.

我参加团体治疗很多年了,但那不是一回事。更多的是关于成长。