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FYI, you should be wary about any A16Z company then. This sentiment is nearly identical to what Ben Horowitz talks about here: http://www.bhorowitz.com/one_mana
by hkmurakami 10y ago
FYI, you should be wary about any A16Z company then. This sentiment is nearly identical to what Ben Horowitz talks about here: http://www.bhorowitz.com/one_management_concept_from_how_to_manage_startups http://www.bhorowitz.com/one_management_concept_from_how_to_...
And Ben Horowitz has publicly supported Scott Kupor's blog post on Twitter.
Given that he and Marc Andreesen run the show there, we can reasonably extrapolate that this is the firm's preferred stance. In fact, if either of them was against Scott Kupor's position, then the blog post likely would not have seen the light of day in the first place.
- genericpseudo 10y agoAnd I will vote with my feet, as I'm sure a number of other potential employees will. (Much as I will never knowingly work for a Kleiner company.)
- phamilton 10y agoWhat's the Kleiner rub?
- hkmurakami 10y agoMight be the whole Ellen Pao harassment suit. The firm had a big shakeup and departure of staff preceding that as well. https://pando.com/2013/12/11/john-doerrs-last-stand-can-a-dramatic-shakeup-save-kleiner-perkins/ https://pando.com/2013/12/11/john-doerrs-last-stand-can-a-dr... (I feel like KPCB had another harassment suit before Pao but I can't seem to recall the details.)