In Silicon Valley, when you're a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong. Ben Horowitz companyentrepreneurprivate Change image and 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
In life, everybody faces choices between doing what's popular, easy, and wrong vs. doing what's lonely, difficult, and right. These decisions intensify when you run a company, because the consequences get magnified 1,000 fold. As in life, the excuses for CEOs making the wrong choice are always plentiful. Ben Horowitz 000ceochoice 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
Often any decision, even the wrong decision, is better than no decision. Ben Horowitz decisionwrong 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
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
I think there's a lot to be said about just enjoying your work. It can be very contrived when people say their work is for the good of mankind. Ben Horowitz contriveenjoygood Change image and share on social
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 time from the standpoint of education is incredible. Ben Horowitz computerconnecteducation Change image and share on social