Harvard

14 statements across 10 episodes · 3 bullish · 4 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Jul 15, 2017 by Ben Horowitz · across every show →

Everything said about Harvard, oldest first

Jul 15, 2017 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Horowitz: Smartphones provide better libraries than 1990s Ivy League universities
“Everybody who has a smartphone, which is pretty soon going to be everybody in the world, has the Library of Congress in their pocket. So that means a girl growing up in Bangladesh now has a better library than a student at Columbia or Harvard had 20 years ago.”
Ben Horowitz Jul 15, 2017 ▶ 15:41 Don't Follow Your Passion
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Assertion Supported
Andreessen: A Harvard project pushes annual board re-elections on Fortune 500s
“For those of you who study this stuff, there's this, literally, it's this actually completely bizarre thing. There's an academic project at Harvard where literally like the class project is to go get like Fortune 500 company, company bylaws changed in order to…”
Marc Andreessen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 35:40 a16z Podcast | The Truth about Serving on Boards (with Diane Greene and Marc Andreessen)
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
Ries: Entrepreneurs can now rent the means of production to scale
“We are now living through a time where you can rent the means of production, which means that if you want to test an idea, if you want to start something in your dorm room at Harvard, You know, just because you started small doesn't necessarily mean it can't s…”
Eric Ries Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:08 a16z Podcast | Beyond Lean Startups
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Three College Social Networks Existed Before Facebook Launched at Harvard
“Look, there was three college social networks that came before Facebook, but it was the first one started at Harvard.”
James Currier Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:12 a16z Podcast | Not all Network Effects Are Created Equal
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Andreessen: Harvard dropouts on day one are highly attractive to Silicon Valley
“So there is a phenomenon in Silicon Valley where if you get accepted at Harvard and you drop out on day one, you are much more attractive.”
Marc Andreessen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 16:23 a16z Podcast | The Case Against Education, From Signaling to Rainbow's End
Jan 10, 2019 bearish
Assertion Supported
Jin: Top business schools like Harvard and Stanford face declining MBA applications
“The number of applications is shrinking across the board, and the institutions that historically were thought of as immune to this, so Harvard Stanford, GSB, Wharton, the top, top business schools, They're now experiencing this, too, where they're seeing year …”
Li Jin Jan 10, 2019 ▶ 16:04 What's Next for Education Startups
Jan 10, 2019
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Coolican: Edtech innovation will start with non-consumers before moving up-market
“I think, you know, and I don't know if this is always true, but I think probably you will see the innovation come from the bottom up, and you will see the innovation come where right now the alternative is like non-consumption, right? So it won't necessarily b…”
D'Arcy Coolican Jan 10, 2019 ▶ 13:12 What's Next for Education Startups
Jan 13, 2024 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Horowitz: Elite university extension programs are full-fee models targeting foreign students
“They're far larger than the actual university kind of college program. You know, and they all have them. Harvard has it, you know, Columbia, et cetera. And They are mainly foreign students. So it's mainly like Chinese students... These schools, everybody pays …”
Ben Horowitz Jan 13, 2024 ▶ 30:13 Crisis in Higher Ed & Why Universities Still Matter
Jan 13, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Andreessen: Chinese President Xi Jinping's daughter attended Harvard
“Xi Jinping's daughter goes to Harvard, I believe, which is one incredible case study.”
Marc Andreessen Jan 13, 2024 ▶ 4:26 Crisis in Higher Ed & Why Universities Still Matter
Jan 13, 2024 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Horowitz: Tech companies no longer restrict engineering hiring to elite universities
“I think Facebook, you're on the board of Meta. They used to only hire people from Stanford and MIT, or I think, or Harvard, Stanford, MIT. Like they had like strict rules on them. Nobody has that role anymore. Like that role's gone. Like, I don't know any comp…”
Ben Horowitz Jan 13, 2024 ▶ 33:35 Crisis in Higher Ed & Why Universities Still Matter
Jan 23, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Andreessen: Harvard was originally founded to train pastors and moral leaders
“The original Harvard business plan, which was like to instruct moral leaders, right? Instruct pastors and moral leaders.”
Marc Andreessen Jan 23, 2024 ▶ 1:49:57 Fixing Higher Education & New Startup Opportunities
Jan 23, 2024
Assertion Contradicted
Horowitz: Harvard enrolls more Nigerian than African American students
“There are more Nigerians. I believe there's more Nigerians at Harvard than African Americans.”
Ben Horowitz Jan 23, 2024 ▶ 41:11 Fixing Higher Education & New Startup Opportunities
Feb 1, 2024 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Horowitz: Top university endowments reach $30 billion to $50 billion
“The largest one, Stanford, Harvard, Yale. I mean, these things are on the order of 30, 40, fifty billion dollars.”
Ben Horowitz Feb 1, 2024 ▶ 1:24:12 The Declining State of Higher Education
Mar 5, 2024 negative
Opinion
Cuban: Elite university founders appear on Shark Tank for free publicity
“When someone from Harvard, or MIT, or Stanford, they always are just there for the commercial, you know.”
Mark Cuban Mar 5, 2024 ▶ 23:20 Sharks Never Stop Swimming: A Conversation with Mark Cuban
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