Lecture 15 - How to Manage (Ben Horowitz)

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

November 11, 2014

Duration

49m

Channel

YC Root Access

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Lecture Transcript: http://tech.genius.com/B-horowitz-lecture-15-how-to-manage-annotated You are not the only one whom your decisions impact. Ben Horowitz, founder of Andreessen Horowitz and Opsware, discusses this important management perspective that founders miss, with, of course, the gratuitous rap lyric or two sprinkled in. See the slides and readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec15/ Discuss this lecture: https://startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64044 This video is under Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of YC Root Access, Lecture 15 - How to Manage (Ben Horowitz) explores Horowitz’s core management lesson: decisions must work for everyone affected Horowitz argues the most consistently botched CEO skill is predicting second-order cultural effects of decisions by viewing them through every stakeholder’s eyes.

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