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If I have one skill as a manager, I can make things extremely clear.

~Ben Horowitz

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From a systematic standpoint, I think that capitalism is the best system. I can spend a lot of time explaining why I like communism, but it is actually not a good solution. Nor is socialism. So, capitalism is the right model.

~Ben Horowitz

Topics: Actually Best Capitalism Communism Explaining Good Like Lot Model Nor Right Socialism Solution Spend Standpoint System Systematic Think Time Why I Think I Can

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Some libertarians say, 'Well, if people work harder, they can make more money.' But, you know, my mother is a nurse and I am a venture capitalist. I think no matter how great a nurse she is, she wouldn't earn a one-thousandth of what I can make, if that.

~Ben Horowitz

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Most of my job and most of what I do is to mentor people. There are a lot of people I work with that I don't have investments in.

~Ben Horowitz

Topics: Investments Job Lot Mentor Most People Work

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Groupon looked like a very high valuation, but any investment in a great company at any stage is almost always a good investment.

~Ben Horowitz

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I emphasize to C.E.O.s, you have to have a story in the minds of the employees. It's hard to memorize objectives, but it's easy to remember a story.

~Ben Horowitz

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I think that business book reporting, it's all Jim Collins, it's the story of victory; it's success bias over and over again.

~Ben Horowitz

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When you look at a company that's already succeeded or is at the very top of its game, it isn't necessarily when it's executing well. It tends to be peacetime - you've defeated the competition, you have the highest margins, the highest multiple.

~Ben Horowitz

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I think when companies are struggling, they don't want to talk to the press. The guys who write business books aren't interested in it because nobody wants to learn what it's like to be a mess, you want to learn how to be successful. That's slanted the whole thing quite a bit.

~Ben Horowitz

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When I was a CEO, the books on management that I read weren't very much help after the first few months on the job. They were all designed to give you directions on how not to screw up your company.

~Ben Horowitz

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Businessman

Born: June 13th, 1966

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