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Ben Horowitz

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Portrait of Ben Horowitz, famous for their inspirational quotes and wisdom

Ben Horowitz is co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture capital firms. Before that, he was CEO of Opsware, which he built from near-bankruptcy to a $1.6 billion acquisition. His writing on leadership is notable for its raw honesty about how hard the job actually is.

While most management literature assumes a smooth path from vision to execution, Horowitz addresses the messy reality: layoffs, betrayals, product failures, and the loneliness of making decisions when there are no good options. His blog and book The Hard Thing About Hard Things filled a gap that decades of polished theory had left empty.

Hard things are hard because there are no easy answers or recipes. They are hard because your emotions are at odds with your logic.
— Ben Horowitz
from The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Take care of the people, the products, and the profits — in that order.
— Ben Horowitz
from The Hard Thing About Hard Things
There are no silver bullets for this, only lead bullets.
— Ben Horowitz
from The Hard Thing About Hard Things
The most important thing I learned as an entrepreneur was that the moments that mattered most were the moments that were the hardest.
— Ben Horowitz
from The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Books by Ben Horowitz

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

2014