Ben Horowitz

thumb|Ben Horowitz. 2010. Ben Horowitz (born June 13, 1966) is an American businessman, investor, blogger, and author. Quotes By far the most difficult skill I learned as a C.E.O. was the ability to manage my own psychology. Organizational design, process design, metrics, hiring and firing were all relatively straightforward skills to master compared with keeping my mind in check. Ben Horowitz, "What’s The Most Difficult CEO Skill? Managing Your Own Psychology," at bhorowitz.com, March 31, 2011. In life, everybody faces choices between doing what's popular, easy, and wrong vs. doing what's lonely, difficult, and right. These decisions intensify when you run a company, because the consequences get magnified 1,000 fold. As in life, the excuses for CEOs making the wrong choice are always plentiful. Ben Horowitz, "The Fine Line Between Fear and Courage," at bhorowitz.com, August 07, 2011. It helps to have founded and run a company if you're going to help somebody run a company who is a founder. Ben Horowitz in: Ben Parr, "VC Ben Horowitz Says Founders Make Best Startup CEOs," at mashable.com, 2011/10/18 The important thing about mobile is, everybody has a computer in their pocket. The implications of so many people connected to the Internet all the time from the standpoint of education is incredible. Ben Horowitz in: Maria Bartiromo, "Maria Bartiromo interviews tech investor Ben Horowitz," for USA TODAY, 2/20/2012. Every time you make the hard, correct decision you become a bit more courageous and every time you make the easy, wrong decision you become a bit more cowardly. If you are CEO, these choices will lead to a courageous or cowardly company. Fortune: "Ben Horowitz: There's a fine line between fear and courage" (5 August 2011) Note to self: It's a good idea to ask, 'What am I not doing?' The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers (2014) Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all. Forbes: "5 Obstacles That Inspired Me To Innovate" (28 June 2018) External links Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:People from London Category:People from California Category:Businesspeople from the United States Category:Business theorists from the United States Category:Bloggers from the United States