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“There are direct paths to a successful career. But there are plenty of indirect paths, too.”

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Clayton M. Christensen is an esteemed professor known for his contributions to the fields of business management and innovation. Born on April 6, 1952, he is a professor at Harvard Business School and the author of 'The Innovator's Dilemma'. more

“The whole enterprise of teaching managers is steeped in the ethic of data-driven analytical support. The problem is, the data is only available about the past. So the way weve taught managers to make decisions and consultants to analyze problems condemns them to taking action when its too late.”

Way Whole Problem Action Past Decision Support Teaching Taught Late Ethics Available Driven Managers Data Enterprise Too Late Taking Action Consultants

Author:Clayton Christensen

“In life, you don't have a level of confrontation and the nonsense you run into when you're a CEO. CEOs aren't born.”

Running Born Levels Nonsense Ceo Confrontation

Author:Ben Horowitz

“The thing that's confusing for investors is that founders don't know how to be CEO. I didn't know how to do the job when I was a CEO. Founder CEOs don't know how to be CEOs, but it doesn't mean they can't learn. The question is... can the founder learn that job and can they tolerate all mistakes they will make doing it?”

Knows Mean Jobs Mistake Know How Investors Tolerate Founders Ceo Confusing

Author:Ben Horowitz

“When I was CEO, and I'd listen to music, a lot of people listen to music and you get inspiration from it. And a lot of things in hip hop are very instructive for being in business. Particularly, hip hop is a lot about business, and so it was very useful for me in any job.”

People Inspiration Jobs Hip Hop Hips Hops Ceo Listening To Music

Author:Ben Horowitz

“The key to high-quality communication is trust, and its hard to trust somebody that you dont know.”

Knows Hard Quality Communication Keys High Quality Hard To Trust

Author:Ben Horowitz

“As companies move to web-based computing they get a lot more servers, which are difficult to manage and control. All kinds of problems can arise - security, quality and worms.”

Kind Problem Moving Difficult Quality Company Security Arise All Kinds Manage Worms Computing Server

Author:Ben Horowitz

“As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.”

Grows Challenges Company Communication

Author:Ben Horowitz

“I was an executive running a pretty substantial group before becoming CEO, and I had no idea what it was like. When something goes wrong, people say, 'It's all your fault.' Your reaction is, 'It's not my fault.' But what do you mean? I was the founder, I hired everybody in the company, I was managing it.”

People Mean Ideas Running Company Groups Becoming Faults Reactions No Idea Executives Founders Ceo

Author:Ben Horowitz

“I think theres a lot to be said about just enjoying your work. It can be very contrived when people say their work is for the good of mankind.”

People Thinking Said Enjoy Mankind Working It

Author:Ben Horowitz

“Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of business.”

People Problem Company Smart Hunger Competitiveness Really Smart Problem Solvers Sales People

Author:Ben Horowitz

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