“Want to see a great company story? Read Jeff Bezos’s three-page letter he wrote to shareholders in 1997. In telling Amazon’s story in… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
You read these management books that say, 'These are the hard things about running a company.' But those aren't really the hard… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
The bad thing about young people starting a company is that sometimes they do it for the wrong reasons or because they… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
I described the CEO job as knowing what to do and getting the company to do what you want. Designing a proper… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
In order to build a great technology company, you have to hire lots of incredibly smart people. It's a total waste to… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
When you found a company, you have the original vision, you make all the original decisions, you know every employee, you kind… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Startup CEOs should not play the odds. When you are building a company, you must believe there is an answer and you… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
When I was a CEO, the books on management that I read weren't very much help after the first few months on… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
“how Loudcloud was born. Interestingly, the most lasting remnant of Loudcloud is the name itself, as the word cloud hadn’t been previously… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
“This is not checkers; this is motherfuckin’ chess. Technology businesses tend to be extremely complex. The underlying technology moves, the competition moves,… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Remember that this is what separates the women from the girls. If you want to be great, this is the challenge. If… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
When I was CEO, and I'd listen to music, a lot of people listen to music and you get inspiration from it.… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
Startup CEOs should not play the odds. When you are building a company, you must believe there is an answer and you… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
I think when companies are struggling, they don't want to talk to the press. The guys who write business books aren't interested… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
When you look at a company that's already succeeded or is at the very top of its game, it isn't necessarily when… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
“What would you do if capital were free?” is a dangerous question to ask an entrepreneur. It’s kind of like asking a… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
Over the last ten years, technological advances have dramatically lowered the financial bar for starting a new company, but the courage bar… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
In life, everybody faces choices between doing what's popular, easy, and wrong vs. doing what's lonely, difficult, and right. These decisions intensify… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
Every time you make the hard, correct decision you become a bit more courageous, and every time you make the easy, wrong… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences. — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
Groupon looked like a very high valuation, but any investment in a great company at any stage is almost always a good investment. — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
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,… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
“The hard thing is when those “great people” develop a sense of entitlement and start demanding unreasonable things. The hard thing isn’t setting up… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
“As painful as it might be, I knew that we had to get into the broader market in order to understand it well enough… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
“On my grandfather’s tombstone, you will find his favorite Marx quote: “Life is struggle.” I believe that within that quote lies the most important… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Bill Campbell: "It's not about the money." Ben Horowitz: "What's it about, Bill?" Bill: "It's about the FUCKING money.” — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
When the value of the company clearly has fallen below what its assets are worth, having a shareholder who says, 'Let's get a better… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
One person is never as stupid as a group of people. That's why they have lynch mobs, not lynch individuals. — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
“out the right product is the innovator’s job, not the customer’s job.” — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
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… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they're hallucinating — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
