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Ben Horowitz on Investing in AI: AI Bubbles, Economic Impact, and VC Acceleration
- ▶ 25:00 unnamed speaker Yeah, that's actually goes back to when I, when I started, um, this webinar with your quote from The Hard Thing About Hard Things.
The Secret Marketing Strategy That Built a16z: From Zero to Legendary VC Firm
- ▶ 36:24 Ben Horowitz And you, you have to have gotten beyond the things, the hard thing about hard things to start to think about, okay, how do you program the culture of the whole organization and this kind of thing. 4 times in the scene
Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi: How to Run a $100 Billion Business
- ▶ 18:23 Ali Ghodsi I mean, especially, you know, there's the story you had in, uh, Hard Thing About Hard Things, which is probably the best business book I've read, which I read by the way before, uh, starting Databricks and it influenced us a lot.
Founders, Media, & Memes: a16z’s Strategy for the Future | a16z LP Summit 2025
- ▶ 3:56 Ben Horowitz You know, we brought in a lot of CEOs into the firm, and then, you know, of course, I, ah, wrote the, the book on, like, ok, this is how you do it, and so forth, and so that was the original product.
Ben Horowitz on Leadership and Culture
- ▶ 0:08 David Ulevitch Ok, so, we, we have your book in the lobby, The Hard Thing About Hard Things.
Ben Horowitz on Executive Firing (and Hiring)
- ▶ 9:20 Ali Ghodsi So, I think you have to do a hard thing about hard things, and there, I think there's really no option but to have the conversation, and they know.
How to Understand and Choose a Venture Investor
- ▶ 0:24 Frank Chen We were in the hard things book, because we were both at LoudCloud, and, uh, we've been here at Andreessen Horwitz.
a16z Podcast | On Mentors and Mentees
- ▶ 8:43 Ben Horowitz And he said, you know, I watched this talk you gave at Stanford on your book, and they asked you, you know, why you wrote it, and you said, when I was a kid, 2 times in the scene
a16z Podcast | Beyond Zero-Sum Thinking in the Game of Tech... and Life
- ▶ 4:16 Steven B. Johnson There's a line in The Hard Thing About Hard Things in your book, not to embarrass you, Mark, but I just wanted to quote it here.
- ▶ 26:50 Steven B. Johnson I mean, when you read through, again, a book like The Hard Thing About Hard Things, I just think about how there are so many skills in there that no one ever thought
a16z Podcast | Managing Uncertainty -- Layoffs and Talent
- ▶ 15:11 Shannon Schiltz You've read his book, The Struggle.
a16z Podcast | What Makes the Valley Work
- ▶ 40:21 Marc Andreessen Second is, ah, Ben Horowitz's book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things, I can't recommend too highly.
a16z Podcast | Ben and Marc Explain (Practically) Everything – Part 2
- ▶ 14:50 Michael Copeland Ben, let's touch on your book a little bit, uh, The Hard Thing About Hard Things. 2 times in the scene
a16z Podcast | Protecting Your Company from Itself: Why You Need HR
- ▶ 23:14 Sonal Chokshi We have a new friend of the firm, Divine, who is a musician and an avid reader of Ben's blog and Ben's book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things.
On Career Moves and Business Leadership
- ▶ 7:44 Krisztina “Z” Holly Because your book, I mean, you know, your book is Hard Things About Hard Things, right? 2 times in the scene
How 'Going Direct' Changes Everything: for Brands, Retail, Marketing, and Advertising
- ▶ 14:10 unnamed speaker You know you want the hard thing about hard things before you go to