Ben Horowitz's Blog

Introduction to High Output Management

"Now let me holler at ya partner, spit this game In you ear for a minute, quit complaining Bout how you can't spend it cause you ain't got it You got what it takes but not enough to get started" —Too $hort,"Gettin' It"

A foreword to “The Internet Is My Religion” by Jim Gilliam

I’m into distribution, I’m like Atlantic
I got them mutherf**ers flying across the Atlantic
—Rick Ross, “Hustlin’”

I’m into distribution, I’m like Atlantic
I got them mutherf**ers flying across the Atlantic
—Rick Ross, “Hustlin’”

“I have seen far too many people who upon recognizing today’s gap try very hard to determine what decision has to be made to close it. But today’s gap represents a failure of planning some time in the past.” - Andy Grove

The truth is hard to swallow, and hard to say, too
But I graduated from that bullshit, now I hate school

—Lil Wayne, "CoCo"

“I said that I’mma ride for my motherf*ckin' n***as
Most likely I’mma die with my finger on the trigger
I’ve been grindin outside all day with my n***as
And I ain’t goin' in unless I’m with my n***as
My n***as, my n***as
My n***as, my n***as (My muthaf*cking n n***as!)
My n***as, my n***as (My n***as, my n***as)
My n***as, my n***as"

—YG, “My N***a”

"The campaign is global - the dollar ain't what it used to be
Switch a franc for a dollar, you get like 1.3"
—Ryan Leslie, Swiss Francs