All Ben Horowitz Quotes
- Every time you make the hard, correct decision you become a bit more courageous, and every time you make the easy, wrong decision you become… Bit
- The only thing that prepares you to run a company is running a company. Company
- There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing… All
- Don't punk out and don't quit. Inspirational
- The important thing about mobile is, everybody has a computer in their pocket. The implications of so many people connected to the Internet all the… All
- How do you make your company a good place to work in general? That's a really, really, really large and complex set of skills. A… Combined
- A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself. Inspirational
- In all the difficult decisions that I made through the course of running Loudcloud and Opsware, I never once felt brave. In fact, I often… All
- For example, the vast majority of security break-ins occur as a result of problems with known fixes. With an automated system, you can keep up… Automated
- The trouble with innovation is that truly innovative ideas often look like bad ideas at the time. Bad
- A manager can't act like a role model. They need to BE a role model. Act
- The laws of business physics have been broken in terms of how many customers you can acquire and how fast. No one in history has… Acquire
- As a company gets big, the information that informs decision-making gets massive. Depending upon the prism through which you view the business, your perspective will… Big
- Every employee in a company depends on the C.E.O. to make fast, high-quality decisions. C E
- Often any decision, even the wrong decision, is better than no decision. Any
- 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