John D. Rockefeller said that he found friendships based on business to be far more long lasting and profitable than the reverse. I think there's something to that. A company can end up being very Confucian, where the good of the individual is subjugated to the good of the whole.

Ben Horowitz

Ben Horowitz

Based Being Business Company End Far Found Friendships Good He I Think Individual John Lasting Long More Profitable Reverse Rockefeller Said Something Than Think Up Very Where Whole

Related Quotes

Business ends up being very dynamic and situational.

— Ben Horowitz

BeingBusinessDynamic

In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence.

— Ben Horowitz

CeoCourageDecisions

I think that business book reporting, it's all Jim Collins, it's the story of victory; it's success bias over and over again.

— Ben Horowitz

I think when companies are struggling, they don't want to talk to the press. The guys who write business books aren't interested in it because nobody wants to learn what it's like to be a mess, you want to learn how to be successful. That's slanted the whole thing quite a bit.

— Ben Horowitz

BecauseBitBooks

My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.

— Ben Whishaw

BetterHeadI Think