Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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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.

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Nothing motivates a great employee more than a mission that's so important that it supersedes everyone's personal ambition.

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You don't need every investor to believe that you can succeed. You only need one.

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Leadership is hard to train on.

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A manager can't act like a role model. They need to BE a role model.

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You know what the difference between a vision and a hallucination is? They call it a vision when other people can see it.

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The trouble with innovation is that truly innovative ideas often look like bad ideas at the time.

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In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence.

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The primary thing that any technology startup must do is build a product that's at least 10 times better at doing something than the current prevaili…

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Sometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.

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