executive

also referred to as: executives

5 statements across 5 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Ben Horowitz · across every show →

Everything said about executive, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 negative
Opinion
Horowitz: Many tech executives are worse at press handling than teenage founders
“I know executives that aren't that good at that.”
Ben Horowitz Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:01 a16z Podcast | Three Kids, One App, One Love -- The Five-O Story
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Andreessen: The board-management knowledge gap can never be fully closed
“You can never close it, because to be able to close the knowledge gap, the directors would have to be involved full-time in the company, which would, then they'd be executives and not directors.”
Marc Andreessen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 10:50 a16z Podcast | The Truth about Serving on Boards (with Diane Greene and Marc Andreessen)
Jan 2, 2019
Disclosure
An executive left a $6M-$7M compensation package for an a16z startup
“We have an executive joining one of our companies, and she's leaving a six to seven million dollar annual package on the table to go do this thing, and, like, what better example do you need, like, and it wasn't a difficult decision for her, like, she just bel…”
Jeff Stump Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:55 a16z Podcast | Finding and Hiring for (Expectations) Fit on Both Sides
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Ben Horowitz: Evaluate investors and hires on crisis response, not good times
“When everything goes great, you don't actually need it. Anybody can be okay, like any investor will be okay, and you know, it's the same with executives. The real question is when things go wrong, and they always go wrong, who's gonna, one, not hide under thei…”
Ben Horowitz Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 12:52 a16z Podcast | Earned Secrets
Oct 15, 2025
Insight
Horowitz: CEOs should never try to fix underperforming executives
“Don't try and fix them. They can't be fixed. It's not going to happen.”
Ben Horowitz Oct 15, 2025 ▶ 25:38 Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi: How to Run a $100 Billion Business
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