A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more.
Ben HorowitzThe 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 HorowitzThe right answer on raises is you have to be formal. You have to be formal to save your own culture.
Ben HorowitzMark [Andressen] was more popular than me at the time ... He was like Beyoncรฉ, I was Kelly Rowlings
Ben HorowitzIf you manage a team of 10 people, its quite possible to do so with very few mistakes or bad behaviors. If you manage an organization of 1,000 people it is quite impossible. At a certain size, your company will do things that are so bad that you never imagined that youd be associated with that kind of incompetence.
Ben Horowitz