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Ben Horowitz is cofounder/GP at Andreessen Horowitz, author of 'The Hard Thing About Hard Things' and 'What You Do Is Who You Are,' and previously cofounded Opsware (sold to HP for $1.6B in 2007).
He created the a16z Cultural Leadership Fund to connect cultural leaders with top tech companies and bring more young African Americans into the technology industry.
Recurring themes across his published catalog include wartime vs. peacetime leadership, culture as code, executive hiring at scale, and 'what you do is who you are' as a framework for building company culture.
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EssayMaking Yourself a CEO
Ben Horowitz
Oct 2012 · 12 min read
Being a CEO requires mastering unnatural skills, especially the foundational practice of giving honest, authentic feedback.
EssayManaging Your Own Psychology
Ben Horowitz
Mar 2011 · 16 min read
Managing your own psychology is the hardest CEO skill, harder than organizational design or hiring, because everything wrong is your fault.
EssayCEOs Should Tell It Like It Is
Ben Horowitz
Jul 2010 · 11 min read
CEOs who hide bad news destroy trust and prevent their best people from solving hard problems.
EssayHow to Minimize Politics in Your Company
Ben Horowitz
9 min read
Strategies for reducing destructive internal power dynamics and factionalism in growing companies.