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Ben Horowitz on tough decisions, Asia, and Marc Andreessen

29 points by williswee 11y ago

david927 11y ago
Why is the article about Ben but the pictures of Voldemort? edit: Ben, if you're reading this, my startup Brodlist.com is looking for funding and we too hate Harry Potter.
- iancarroll 11y ago
  Your site is a blatant ripoff of https://foundationdb.com/ https://foundationdb.com/.
Patient0 11y ago
Was I missing something or was there actually nothing about Marc Andreessen in the article? The title says "and why he is not friends with Marc Andreessen" yet there's nothing at all about him. Who upvoted this? edit: oh I found it now. They're not friends but more like "relatives". Click bait. "“It’s a great relationship,” Ben says. The two disagree constantly and their honesty often causes tensions between them, when they argue about all kinds of topics. “I’m not friends with Marc, he’s much more like a relative. I don’t want to have lunch with him every day, in fact I prefer not to!” But this is what makes theirs a unique and strong bond: the disagreements create a robust exchange of ideas, which means they have much to learn from one another."
- iamshariq 11y ago
  “It’s a great relationship,” Ben says. The two disagree constantly and their honesty often causes tensions between them, when they argue about all kinds of topics. “I’m not friends with Marc, he’s much more like a relative. I don’t want to have lunch with him every day, in fact I prefer not to!” But this is what makes theirs a unique and strong bond: the disagreements create a robust exchange of ideas, which means they have much to learn from one another.
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smaili 11y ago
Has anyone uploaded the video? Not finding anything on YouTube except the startups that pitched.
ghshephard 11y ago
Ben is the real deal in terms of Leaders. I saw him make many, many tough decisions, many of which were not popular, but were right for the company. About the only mistake I've ever seen him make (that couldn't have been avoided) was after the catastrophic layoffs when Loudcloud went public at the same time the market tanked (an awesome achievement, in itself), when he was rallying the leftover troops (that hadn't gone to EDS, or lost their jobs), he stated "No more layoffs, not while I'm CEO." - he was pretty passionate about that, and was trying to make a commitment to the leftover 100 or so employees - but no CEO should ever make that commitment to their employees. (Though, to the best of my knowledge, he honored that commitment while CEO of Opsware - so who am I to judge...)

29 points by williswee 11y ago

Why is the article about Ben but the pictures of Voldemort? edit: Ben, if you're reading this, my startup Brodlist.com is looking for funding and we too hate Harry Potter.

iancarroll 11y ago
Your site is a blatant ripoff of https://foundationdb.com/ https://foundationdb.com/.

Patient0 11y ago

Was I missing something or was there actually nothing about Marc Andreessen in the article? The title says "and why he is not friends with Marc Andreessen" yet there's nothing at all about him. Who upvoted this? edit: oh I found it now. They're not friends but more like "relatives". Click bait. "“It’s a great relationship,” Ben says. The two disagree constantly and their honesty often causes tensions between them, when they argue about all kinds of topics. “I’m not friends with Marc, he’s much more like a relative. I don’t want to have lunch with him every day, in fact I prefer not to!” But this is what makes theirs a unique and strong bond: the disagreements create a robust exchange of ideas, which means they have much to learn from one another."

iamshariq 11y ago
“It’s a great relationship,” Ben says. The two disagree constantly and their honesty often causes tensions between them, when they argue about all kinds of topics. “I’m not friends with Marc, he’s much more like a relative. I don’t want to have lunch with him every day, in fact I prefer not to!” But this is what makes theirs a unique and strong bond: the disagreements create a robust exchange of ideas, which means they have much to learn from one another.
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smaili 11y ago

Has anyone uploaded the video? Not finding anything on YouTube except the startups that pitched.

ghshephard 11y ago

Ben is the real deal in terms of Leaders. I saw him make many, many tough decisions, many of which were not popular, but were right for the company. About the only mistake I've ever seen him make (that couldn't have been avoided) was after the catastrophic layoffs when Loudcloud went public at the same time the market tanked (an awesome achievement, in itself), when he was rallying the leftover troops (that hadn't gone to EDS, or lost their jobs), he stated "No more layoffs, not while I'm CEO." - he was pretty passionate about that, and was trying to make a commitment to the leftover 100 or so employees - but no CEO should ever make that commitment to their employees. (Though, to the best of my knowledge, he honored that commitment while CEO of Opsware - so who am I to judge...)