Who Quotes by Ben Horowitz

9 Who quotes by Ben Horowitz

Ben Horowitz’s insights on leadership identity identity, and decision‑making are presented in nine concise statements. This compact collection offers a clear snapshot of his business‑focused perspective.

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Do you have a real interest in people who work for you? Most good leaders have that - it's hard to get…

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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…

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If somebody's going on your board, and you're going to be C.E.O., it will help if that person knows how to be…

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You have to be responsible when you're running an organization, and firing people who are your friends is part of that responsibility.

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Many of the people that you lay off will have closer relationships with the people who stay than you do, so treat…

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It helps to have founded and run a company if you're going to help somebody run a company who is a founder.

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With communication technology in general, there's a kind of certain critical mass of people. Once you get to 15% of the world's…

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I think when companies are struggling, they don't want to talk to the press. The guys who write business books aren't interested…

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The hardest thing about starting a company and running a company is, there's just so many expectations on you, and there are…

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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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