I’ve seen executives improve their performance and skill sets, I’ve never seen one lose the support of the organization and then regain it. - Ben Horowitz

los CEO de una startup no deben jugar a las probabilidades. Cuando tú estás construyendo una empresa, debes creer que hay una respuesta y no puedes prestar atención a las probabilidades de encontrarla. Sólo tienes que encontrarla.

While executives don’t age nearly as fast as athletes do, companies, markets, and technologies change a thousand times faster than the game of football.

Even the most basic CEO building blocks will feel unnatural at first. If your buddy tells you a funny story, it would feel quite weird to evaluate her performance. It would be totally unnatural to say, “Gee, I thought that story really sucked. It had potential, but you were underwhelming on the buildup and then you totally flubbed the punch line. I suggest that you go back, rework it, and present it to me again tomorrow.” Doing so would be quite bizarre, but evaluating people’s performances and constantly giving feedback is precisely what a CEO must do. If she doesn’t, the more complex motions such as writing reviews, taking away territory, handling politics, setting compensation, and firing people will be either impossible or handled rather poorly.