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Some Ben Horowitz gems (paraphrased): You have to have a 10x better product to beat (established) competition. There is no number 2 in tech. Over time, "want
by brianchu 14y ago
Some Ben Horowitz gems (paraphrased):
You have to have a 10x better product to beat (established) competition.
There is no number 2 in tech.
Over time, "wants" become "needs." (Ex: the refrigerator)
When Loudcloud was burning cash and going downhill: "I sleep like a baby... I wake up every two hours and cry."
Breakthrough ideas seem like hallucinations.
- davidw 14y ago> There is no number 2 in tech. Depends entirely on the market, although it's often more likely in tech because of the global reach of companies, positive network externalities, and other factors like that, that make it a very different sector, than, say "small Italian restaurants".