A lot of the really junior people really stepped up. It was a great growing experience for them to be thrown into the middle of the ocean and told, “… - Ben Horowitz

a company will be most successful if the senior managers optimize for the company’s success (think of this as a global optimization) as opposed to their own personal success (local optimization).

You must get leverage. Early on, it’s natural to spend a great deal of time integrating and orienting an executive. However, if you find yourself as busy as you were with that function before you hired or promoted the executive, then she is below standard.

Wartime CEO is too busy fighting the enemy to read management books written by consultants who have never managed a fruit stand.