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Ask PG: Why is Ben Horowitz's startup school 2012 video not available?
It's the only link that says 'recording unavailable'.
Is it that it will never be available, or not available yet?
- bobrenjc93 14y agoProbably because of the "No Bitch Ass Ness" shirt he wore during his talk. https://twitter.com/MCHammer/status/259783902699339776 https://twitter.com/MCHammer/status/259783902699339776
- verganileonardo 14y agoWhy would this be a problem?
- osxwm 14y agoFollow the money. Partners at VC funds are employed (funded) by limited partners (LPs). LPs are typically institutional cash and tend to be conservative. A26Z's LPs and potential LPs would not be pleased if they saw a video of Ben giving a talk wearing his "No Bitch Ass Ness" t-shirt.
- ghshephard 14y agoNot so much. Have you read many of Ben's Blog articles or spent much time with Ben in person? If you had, a "No Bitch Ass Ness" t-shirt would be considered entirely appropriate dress for Ben. My guess is that he just instinctively is conservative about cameras, and being recorded. Probably the result of all the discovery he's gone through over the years as an executive and CEO at various companies.
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- brackin 14y agoI'm guessing he was just open and honest to all of the founders and sometimes being open when you run a huge VC firm is a risky challenge. So not recording it means he can offer insights without a clip of it going on TechCrunch.
- nbashaw 14y agoI was there and nothing was said that was very controversial
- brackin 14y agoMaybe not controversial but just talking about portfolio companies or commenting on them directly can be risky when you have a big fund and LP's to deal with.
- amirmc 14y agoWhen speaking at an event with 1000+ people, anything you say should be considered public. No more risk from this than blogging.
- brackin 14y agoAgreed but there's a difference between being on video and someone writing about your talk. Some people just don't like the pressure of a talk being recorded and prefer people to write about the general talk if they want to write about it.
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- zmitri 14y agoHere's a youtube video from 2010 of almost exactly the same presentation he gave at startup school http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-LBSqm3xh4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-LBSqm3xh4 If you need to be assured that it's the same talk, here's a live blog from sus2012 http://backspac.es/r/Xx8736cUap http://backspac.es/r/Xx8736cUap
- kloncks 14y agoSlide deck had something along the lines of, "Property of A16Z. Do not share or redistribute."
- zenten 14y agoor he probably just declined to be recorded.
- renee 14y agoBen choose not to be recorded at Startup School. That is why the video is not available.
- johncoogan 14y agoOf course, but the real question is why did he choose not to be recorded?
- pg 14y agoI don't think any of us asked him.
- nbashaw 14y agoI was there, and he used much of the same slides and material from this talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-LBSqm3xh4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-LBSqm3xh4
- witoldc 14y agoTheory: This is the only way his regurgitated attempt at a speech would get any attention.
- swah 14y ago?
- jfoster 14y agoThere almost certainly is a recording of the talk. Someone in one of the first few rows was recording all of them on a tablet.
- swah 14y agoBTW, what's your opinion on niche markets? When github started, was hosting source code repositories considered a big market?