culture

8 statements across 8 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jul 16, 2017 by Ben Horowitz · across every show →

Everything said about culture, oldest first

Jul 16, 2017 positive
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Horowitz: Understanding culture requires studying significant revolutions
“And it turns out that the best way to understand culture is through a significant revolution.”
Ben Horowitz Jul 16, 2017 ▶ 1:28 Culture and Revolution
Jul 29, 2017
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Horowitz: Company culture is how employees behave when unobserved
“Culture in a company is, is basically, it's like, how do people behave When you're not, like, looking. Like, what do they do left to their own devices?”
Ben Horowitz Jul 29, 2017 ▶ 11:05 On Career Moves and Business Leadership
Jan 2, 2019 negative
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Judy Smith: Fearful corporate cultures exacerbate crises
“If you have a culture where people don't feel confident and feel free to tell the truth and to voice their opinions, when a crisis or problem happens that is going to make it much worse.”
Judy Smith Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:05 a16z Podcast | Crisis Time -- What to Do When Things Go Sideways
Jan 2, 2019
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Dan Shapiro: Sales compensation plans do not dictate company culture
“And I think what we've learned at LinkedIn is that compensation is not how culture is formed, ok?”
Daniel Shapero Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 25:46 a16z Podcast | Getting Sales Right
Jan 2, 2019
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Humble: Research proves culture predictively drives tech and business performance
“And in fact, we measure it in our work, and we can show that culture has a predictive effect on organizational outcomes and on technology capabilities.”
Jez Humble Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 37:37 a16z Podcast | Feedback Loops -- Company Culture, Change, and DevOps
Dec 12, 2019 bullish
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Andreessen: The internet's impact on global culture is just beginning
“And it feels like the internet's impact on culture is, is just beginning in, in the sense of, like, a world in which culture is based on the internet, which is what I think is happening is just at the very start, right, because it had to get universal before i…”
Marc Andreessen Dec 12, 2019 ▶ 0:00 Why You Should Be Optimistic About the Future
Nov 16, 2022
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Balaji: People must share culture before they can agree on law
“And so just gives rise to like endless conflict because people need to share culture before they can agree on law.”
Balaji Srinivasan Nov 16, 2022 ▶ 2:42:32 The Network State with Balaji Srinivasan
Jun 23, 2025
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Horowitz: Organizational culture is defined by actions, not beliefs
“So, like, culture, and just to define it you know, first of all, it's not a set of beliefs. It's a set of actions, and those actions kind of determine how we show up to work, how we treat each other, what we're like to do business with, what we're like to inve…”
Ben Horowitz Jun 23, 2025 ▶ 27:00 Founders, Media, & Memes: a16z’s Strategy for the Future | a16z LP Summit 2025
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