Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth — $46B of hard truths from Ben Horowitz: Why founders fail and why you need to run toward fear (a16z co-founder)

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$46B of hard truths from Ben Horowitz: Why founders fail and why you need to run toward fear (a16z co-founder)

Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

Ben Horowitz is the co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, Silicon Valley’s largest and most influential venture capital firm, with over $46B in committed capital across multiple funds. He took Loudcloud public with just $2 million in revenue (dubbed “the IPO from hell”), sold it for $1.6 billion, and has backed companies…

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