أحد دروس الإدارة الأهمِّ للمؤسِّس/المدير التنفيذيِّ هو عدم الاعتماد كلِّيًّا على الحَدْس. إنَّ أعظم تحسينٍ شخصيٍّ حدث لي بوصفي مديرًا تنفيذيًّا، كان في اليوم الذي توقَّفتُ … - Ben Horowitz

Some questions that I’ve found to be very effective in one-on-ones: If we could improve in any way, how would we do it? What’s the number-one problem with our organization? Why? What’s not fun about working here? Who is really kicking ass in the company? Whom do you admire? If you were me, what changes would you make? What don’t you like about the product? What’s the biggest opportunity that we’re missing out on? What are we not doing that we should be doing? Are you happy working here?

The primary thing that any technology startup must do is build a product that’s at least ten times better at doing something than the current prevailing way of doing that thing.

a bunch of high-IQ people with the wrong kind of ambition won’t work.