Ben Horowitz

"In life, everybody faces choices between doing what's popular, easy, and wrong vs. doing what's lonely, difficult, and right. These decisions intensify when you run a company, because the consequences…"

"The important thing about mobile is, everybody has a computer in their pocket. The implications of so many people connected to the Internet all the time from the standpoint of education is incredible."

"Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all."

"By far the most difficult skill I learned as a C.E.O. was the ability to manage my own psychology. Organizational design, process design, metrics, hiring and firing were all relatively straightforward…"

"Every time you make the hard, correct decision you become a bit more courageous and every time you make the easy, wrong decision you become a bit more cowardly. If you are CEO, these choices will lead…"

"It helps to have founded and run a company if you're going to help somebody run a company who is a founder."

"Note to self: It's a good idea to ask, 'What am I not doing?'"