Know Quotes by Ben Horowitz

9 Know quotes by Ben Horowitz

Horowitz’s startup wisdom is often direct and actionable. These nine short reflections give a quick glimpse into his thoughts on what it means to truly understand.

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It is very helpful to me, in my job, for people to know me better. A lot of that is, it's a…

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Your employees know each other better than they know you.

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Until you make the effort to get to know someone or something, you don’t know anything.

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The key to high-quality communication is trust, and it's hard to trust somebody that you don't know.

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If you have never done the job, how do you know what to want?

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When you found a company, you have the original vision, you make all the original decisions, you know every employee, you kind…

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If I'm in my position at a company, I may not have the knowledge of the C.E.O., I may not know what's…

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Some libertarians say, 'Well, if people work harder, they can make more money.' But, you know, my mother is a nurse and…

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I had a terrible time hiring rich people. It sounds funny, but the problem is when things go wrong they can ask,…

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There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.

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Groupon looked like a very high valuation, but any investment in a great company at any stage is almost always a good investment.

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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,…

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“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…

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“As painful as it might be, I knew that we had to get into the broader market in order to understand it well enough…

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“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…

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“Bill Campbell: "It's not about the money." Ben Horowitz: "What's it about, Bill?" Bill: "It's about the FUCKING money.”

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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…

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One person is never as stupid as a group of people. That's why they have lynch mobs, not lynch individuals.

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“out the right product is the innovator’s job, not the customer’s job.”

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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…

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Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they're hallucinating

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When screening engineers from other companies, its smart to value engineers from great companies more than those from mediocre companies.

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“No matter who you are, you need two kinds of friends in your life. The first kind is one you can call when something…

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“The difference between being mediocre and magical is often the difference between letting people take creative risk and holding them too tightly accountable. Accountability…

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