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Ben Horowitz's track record framing: cofounder/CEO of Opsware (formerly Loudcloud), sold to HP for $1.6B in 2007 — the operational crucible behind his writing on hard things and capital strategy.
Recurring themes across Horowitz's published work visible in the catalog: wartime vs. peacetime leadership, culture as code ('What You Do Is Who You Are'), and executive hiring at scale.
Without the essay body, the canonical 'Fat Startup' thesis — that in certain markets, raising more capital and spending aggressively to capture a category beats lean orthodoxy — cannot be quoted verbatim from this source.
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EssayMaking Yourself a CEO
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Being a CEO requires mastering unnatural skills, especially the foundational practice of giving honest, authentic feedback.
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