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 ever acquired 450 million customers in the same amount of time that WhatsApp did. Ben Horowitz acquireamountbreak share on social
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. Ben Horowitz basedecisiondelegate Change image and share on social
The hardest thing about starting a company and running a company is, there's just so many expectations on you, and there are so many people who have things that they want you to do. It's a lot like life about that. Ben Horowitz companyexpectationhard share on social
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 lot of it is on-the-job training, combined with excellent mentorship. Ben Horowitz combinecompanycomplex Change image and share on social
As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge. Ben Horowitz bigchallengecommunication Change image and share on social
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 sellers can put a tremendous downward pressure on the stock. Ben Horowitz downwardearningsfraught share on social
A good engineering interview will include some set of difficult problems to solve. It might even require that the candidate write a short program. In addition, it will test the candidate's knowledge of the tools she uses in great depth. Ben Horowitz additioncandidatedepth share on social
Rap helps me connect emotionally. Ben Horowitz connectemotionallyhelp Change image and share on social
John D. Rockefeller said that he found friendships based on business to be far more long lasting and profitable than the reverse. I think there's something to that. A company can end up being very Confucian, where the good of the individual is subjugated to the good of the whole. Ben Horowitz basebusinesscompany share on social
When I was CEO, and I'd listen to music, a lot of people listen to music and you get inspiration from it. And a lot of things in hip hop are very instructive for being in business. Particularly, hip hop is a lot about business, and so it was very useful for me in any job. Ben Horowitz businessceohip share on social
