black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.

Ben Horowitz

What do you get when you cross a herd of sheep with a herd of lemmings? A herd of venture capitalists.
BEN HOROWITZ

Lemming Sheep Venture
Groupon looked like a very high valuation, but any investment in a great company at any stage is almost always a good investment.
BEN HOROWITZ

Great Company Investment Stage
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 go – well, should have I left too? What did they get and how does that compare to my deal.
BEN HOROWITZ

Company Deal Leaves Management
One of the great things about building a tech company is the amazing people that you can hire.
BEN HOROWITZ

Building Great People Things
The bigger you get, the harder this gets because the more aggressive the people working for you are.
BEN HOROWITZ

Bigger Management People
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 to date.
BEN HOROWITZ

Date Example Majority Problem Result
It turns out that is exactly what product strategy is all about—figuring out the right product is the innovator’s job, not the customer’s job.
BEN HOROWITZ

Customer Figuring Jobs Product Strategy Turns
Planning is valuable, tho the plan is usually useless.
BEN HOROWITZ

Planning Useless Valuable
In Silicon Valley, when you’re a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong.
BEN HOROWITZ

Company Entrepreneur Valleys
If you have never done the job, how do you know what to want?
BEN HOROWITZ

Done Jobs never Want
I don’t believe in statistics. I believe in calculus.
BEN HOROWITZ

Believe Statistics
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 a bit more cowardly. If you are CEO, these choices will lead to a courageous or cowardly company.
BEN HOROWITZ

Choice Courageous Decision
You’re better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.
BEN HOROWITZ

Better Startup
Leadership is hard to train on.
BEN HOROWITZ

Hard Leadership Train
Nothing motivates a great employee more than a mission that’s so important that it supersedes everyone’s personal ambition.
BEN HOROWITZ

Ambition Important Mission
Sometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.
BEN HOROWITZ

Clarity Needs Organization

A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Ben Horowitz Quotes