In Silicon Valley, when you're a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong. Ben Horowitz companyentrepreneurprivate Change image and share on social
Here's Kanye, the great musical genius of his generation in hip hop, but, like, society really can't even deal with him because he's always saying something that people go, 'Oh, I can't believe Kanye said that. I can't believe he did that.' Ben Horowitz dealgenerationgenius share on social
With communication technology in general, there's a kind of certain critical mass of people. Once you get to 15% of the world's entire population using one communication technology, that's a big deal. It's beyond the theoretical at this point. The people who think it's a fad have probably not been paying that much attention. Ben Horowitz attentionbigcommunication share on social
I would have never wanted to write another management book. There are so many of them, and everybody says the same thing about them, and they are all the same - they give the exact same advice. It's like a diet book; they all say eat less calories, exercise more, and every single book has the same conclusion. Ben Horowitz advicebookcalorie share on social
Big companies have trouble with innovation. Innovation is about bad ideas, or ideas that look like bad ideas. That's the fundamental thing. Ben Horowitz badbigcompany Change image and share on social
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 it is actually not a good solution. Nor is socialism. So, capitalism is the right model. Ben Horowitz capitalismcommunismexplain share on social
Often any decision, even the wrong decision, is better than no decision. Ben Horowitz decisionwrong Change image and share on social
You can't worry about the mistakes, because you're going to make a lot of them. You've got to be thinking about your next move. Ben Horowitz havelotmake Change image and share on social
Shareholder activism works when activists understand something about the characteristics of the business that the board doesn't. Ben Horowitz activismactivistboard Change image and share on social