All Ben Horowitz Quotes
- When you found a company, you have the original vision, you make all the original decisions, you know every employee, you kind of know every… All
- The big value of the founder running the company is really two things: the knowledge and the commitment. Big
- Nobody is actually a natural C.E.O. C E
- The implications of so many people connected to the Internet all the time from the standpoint of education is incredible. All
- Going public today is fraught with peril on many levels. One is earnings guidance. If you miss guidance, the stock price becomes very volatile. Short… Becomes
- Good shareholder activists have incredible interest in the company because they own a lot of it. Activists
- I try to help people with management stuff a lot. Help
- If I have one skill as a manager, I can make things extremely clear. Clear
- From a systematic standpoint, I think that capitalism is the best system. I can spend a lot of time explaining why I like communism, but… Best
- Groupon looked like a very high valuation, but any investment in a great company at any stage is almost always a good investment. Almost Always
- In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin. Company
- I do think a lot of people are trying to do important things still, and I think it is really a great thing that entrepreneurship… Begin
- As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge. Becomes
- Many of the people that you lay off will have closer relationships with the people who stay than you do, so treat them with an… Appropriate
- A wartime C.E.O. may not delegate. They make every decision based on the next product release. They may use a lot of profanity. Based
- One of the things I say to people is: Imagine if we succeeded. Imagine
- 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, hiring… Ability
- People say the most important thing is building a world-class team. Building
- Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of business. Business
- When screening engineers from other companies, its smart to value engineers from great companies more than those from mediocre companies. Companies