It is very helpful to me, in my job, for people to know me better. A lot of that is, it's a… — 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
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
Going public today is fraught with peril on many levels. One is earnings guidance. If you miss guidance, the stock price becomes… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
As long as people are clear on what they need to do and what's going on, you're very likely to succeed. When… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
John D. Rockefeller said that he found friendships based on business to be far more long lasting and profitable than the reverse.… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
Nobody knows how to be a CEO. It's something you have to learn. It's a very lonely job. — 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
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
