Every really good, really experienced CEO I know shares one… - Ben Horowitz

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Every really good, really experienced CEO I know shares one important characteristic: They tend to opt for the hard answer to organizational issues. If faced with giving everyone the same bonus to make things easy or with sharply rewarding performance and ruffling many feathers, they’ll ruffle the feathers.

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Ben Horowitz (born June 13, 1966) is an American businessman, investor, blogger, and author.

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Alternative Names: Benjamin Abraham Horowitz

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Every really good, really experienced CEO I know shares one important characteristic: They tend to opt for the hard answer to organizational issues.

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