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The Hard Thing About Hard Things:
Until you make the effort to get to know someone or something, you don’t know anything.
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004 |
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things:
Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.
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004 |
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things:
…the most important rule of raising money privately: Look for a market of one. You only need one investor to say yes, so it’s best to ignore the other thirty who say ‘no.’
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020 |
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things:
…whenever a large organization attempts to do anything, it always comes down to a single person who can delay the entire project.
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043 |
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things:
…figuring out the right product is the innovator’s job, not the customer’s job.
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049 |
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things:
…innovation requires a combination of knowledge, skill, and courage.
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050 |
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things:
…all decisions [are] objective until the first line of code [is] written.
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051 |
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things:
…conventional wisdom has nothing to do with the truth and the efficient market hypothesis [is] deceptive.
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051 |
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things:
It’s a good idea to ask, ‘What am I not doing?’
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052 |
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things:
…if there is one skill that stands out [in successful CEOs], it’s the ability to focus and make the best move when there are no good moves.
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