Ben Horowitz’s Post

Awesome book alert: Excerpts from reading & hearing from the author of “What You Do is Who You Are” Ben Horowitz. Wonderful tapestry of leadership lessons from diverse figures in history woven in with examples of culture from the tech sector. -There is no such thing as a perfect #culture. At the same time, most cultures are hypocrisies & that’s not how it has to be. It all starts with CEO & C-suite, #board. It only matters what you do & your virtues. -Haitian revolution: How did they scale to 500K when the largest slave revolt in the U.S. was only 500? Answer: #leadership -Ghengis Khan was a master of inclusion -You can't adopt someone else's culture. What worked for them probably won't work for you. On why you have to be YOURSELF: "Other people will always have ideas of what you should be, but if you try to integrate all those ideas in a way that's inconsistent with your own beliefs and personality, you will lose your mojo. If you aren't yourself, even you won't follow you.” His firm, Andreessen Horowitz measures employee candidates on helpfulness and that’s how they got to 52% female employees. Focus on job criteria. If you need someone who builds relationships, don’t screen for spreadsheet skills for example. Everyone should know exactly why each person is hired.