$46B of hard truths: Why founders fail and why you need to run toward fear | Ben Horowitz (a16z)

$46B of hard truths: Why founders fail and why you need to run toward fear | Ben Horowitz (a16z)
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The worst thing that you do as a leader is you hesitate on the next decision. The thing that causes you to hesitate is both decisions are horrible. Probably one of my bigger ones on that was we went public with $2 million in trailing 12 months revenue at 18 months old. That's obviously a bad idea. But the truth of it was the alternative was going b... Read More
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