Ben Horowitz

There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.

— Ben Horowitz

Groupon looked like a very high valuation, but any investment in a great company at any stage is almost always a good…

— Ben Horowitz

By far the most difficult skill I learned as a C.E.O. was the ability to manage my own psychology. Organizational design, process…

— Ben Horowitz

“The hard thing is when those “great people” develop a sense of entitlement and start demanding unreasonable things. The hard thing isn’t…

— Ben Horowitz

“As painful as it might be, I knew that we had to get into the broader market in order to understand it…

— Ben Horowitz

“On my grandfather’s tombstone, you will find his favorite Marx quote: “Life is struggle.” I believe that within that quote lies the…

— Ben Horowitz

“Bill Campbell: "It's not about the money." Ben Horowitz: "What's it about, Bill?" Bill: "It's about the FUCKING money.”

— Ben Horowitz

When the value of the company clearly has fallen below what its assets are worth, having a shareholder who says, 'Let's get…

— Ben Horowitz

One person is never as stupid as a group of people. That's why they have lynch mobs, not lynch individuals.

— Ben Horowitz

“out the right product is the innovator’s job, not the customer’s job.”

— Ben Horowitz

As companies move to web-based computing they get a lot more servers, which are difficult to manage and control. All kinds of…

— Ben Horowitz

Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they're hallucinating

— Ben Horowitz

When screening engineers from other companies, its smart to value engineers from great companies more than those from mediocre companies.

— Ben Horowitz

“No matter who you are, you need two kinds of friends in your life. The first kind is one you can call…

— Ben Horowitz

“The difference between being mediocre and magical is often the difference between letting people take creative risk and holding them too tightly…

— Ben Horowitz

When raising money, you want to look through the lens of 'What happens when things go wrong?'

— Ben Horowitz

In order to build a great technology company, you have to hire lots of incredibly smart people. It's a total waste to…

— Ben Horowitz

“DOGS AT WORK AND YOGA AREN’T CULTURE Startups”

— Ben Horowitz

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

“would employ a Freaky Friday management technique. The”

— Ben Horowitz

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

To succeed at selling a losing product, you must develop seriously superior sales techniques. In addition, you have to be massively competitive…

— Ben Horowitz

The person they're working with, is going to be the person they'll know more. So if that person leaves, they're going to…

— Ben Horowitz

“If our company isn’t good enough to win, then do we need to exist at all?”

— Ben Horowitz

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

— Ben Horowitz