The key to a good one-on-one meeting is the understanding that it is the employee’s meeting rather than the manager’s meeting. - Ben Horowitz

Fascinatingly, as companies begin to struggle, the third category always seems to grow much faster than the first. In addition, the sudden wave of “semi-performance-related attrition” usually happens in companies that claim to have a “super-high talent bar.” How do all these superstar employees suddenly go from great to crap?

The primary thing that any technology startup must do is build a product that’s at least ten times better at

Perks are good, but they are not culture.