The trouble with innovation is that truly innovative ideas often look like bad ideas at the time. — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
I had a terrible time hiring rich people. It sounds funny, but the problem is when things go wrong they can ask,… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Once Microsoft lost its grip on developers, it became only a matter of time before it lost its monopoly on operating systems.” — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Me: “Why does competitor X have five times your revenue?” Entrepreneur: “We are using partners and OEMs, because we can’t build a… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
The important thing about mobile is, everybody has a computer in their pocket. The implications of so many people connected to the… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Every time I read a management or self-help book, I find myself saying, “That’s fine, but that wasn’t really the hard thing… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Spend zero time on what you could have done, and devote all of your time on what you might do. Because in… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
The implications of so many people connected to the Internet all the time from the standpoint of education is incredible. — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
Mark [Andressen] was more popular than me at the time ... He was like Beyoncé, I was Kelly Rowlings — 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
It's hard in daily life. It's even harder in management because it's the stress of the moment. — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
The laws of business physics have been broken in terms of how many customers you can acquire and how fast. No one… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
From a systematic standpoint, I think that capitalism is the best system. I can spend a lot of time explaining why I… — 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
It's quite possible for an executive to hit her goal for the quarter by ignoring the future. — 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
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