Greed and Capitalism

What kind of society isn't structured on greed? The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm; capitalism is that kind of a system.
- Milton Friedman

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Ben's Blog


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My name is Ben Horowitz, and I am cofounder and Partner (along with Marc Andreessen) of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitzbased in Menlo Park.

Prior to Andreessen Horowitz, Marc and I co-founded Loudcloud, a managed services provider (today, we’d call it a cloud service provider, but people were not quite ready for that in the early 2000s) which became Opsware, an data center automation software provider. I tell the dramatic story of how Loudcloud became Opsware and was ultimately acquired by HP in my blog post titled The Case for the Fat Startup. You can learn more about what I did prior to co-founding Loudcloud by reading my biography on Wikipedia.

My blogging agenda for this year is to reflect on the many experiences I’ve had in my career—as computer science stAbout Ben's Blog




My name is Ben Horowitz, and I am cofounder and Partner (along with Marc Andreessen) of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz based in Menlo Park.




Prior to Andreessen Horowitz, Marc and I co-founded Loudcloud, a managed services provider (today, we’d call it a cloud service provider, but people were not quite ready for that in the early 2000s) which became Opsware, an data center automation software provider. I tell the dramatic story of how Loudcloud became Opsware and was ultimately acquired by HP in my blog post titled The Case for the Fat Startup. You can learn more about what I did prior to co-founding Loudcloud by reading my biography on Wikipedia.




My blogging agenda for this year is to reflect on the many experiences I’ve had in my career—as computer science student, software engineer, cofounder, CEO, fund raiser, company acquirer and seller—and distill the lessons I’ve learned in each of those roles. I’ll use this blog to share what I’ve learned, provide a sharp opinion or two, and generally contribute to the lively dialog around entrepreneurship, building and leading organizations, and venture capital.




You can follow me on Twitter @bhorowitz. You can also get updates on my venture capital firm @a16z.






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You can follow me on Twitter @bhorowitz. You can also get updates on my venture capital firm @a16z.





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