Pattern Breakers

Ben Horowitz: “The IPO From Hell” and Other REAL Lessons from the Startup Crucible

Nov 15, 2021

44:13

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The Mistakes of Netscape and Loud Cloud

02:33

Can You Make the Best Choice Out of All the Horrible Choices?

01:47

Cloud Computing - What Do You Think You're Paying For?

02:37

Introduction

2min

The Zero to One Challenge

3min

The Internet Is an Existential Threat and There's a Company Netscape

4min

Is It All Server Product Management's Fault?

2min

Microsoi and Netscape Navigator

3min

How Did You Get Talked Into Starting a Company With Mark?

3min

The Mistakes of Netscape and Loud Cloud

3min

Cloud Computing - What Do You Think You're Paying For?

3min

I Think Your Guy Is Smoking Crack?

4min

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Can You Make the Best Choice Out of All the Horrible Choices?

2min

11.

The Stock Collapsed, Right?

5min

12.

What Did Wall Street Think of That?

3min

13.

What Was the Yegish Victory?

3min

14.

What Advice Would You Give to Founders?

3min

15.

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

3min

Startups are romanticized AFTER they win. But it takes extraordinary grit to have what it TAKES to win. Ben Horowitz, the co-founder of Andreessen-Horowitz, is the perfect guest to tell it like it is, as he has for many years in his books "the Hard Thing About Hard Things" and "What You Do Is Who You Are." Mike Maples, Jr of FLOODGATE interviews Ben to discuss the ups and downs of dealing with "the struggle," and why the best startup leaders are often the ones who simply refused to quit.Check out the new Pattern Breakers Blog at patternbreakers.substack.com for even more Pattern Breaking content from Mike. Mike's new book Pattern Breakers is available now wherever you buy books.