How To Lead | Ben Horowitz on My First Million
Episode
70 min
Read time
2 min
Topics
Productivity, Investing, Startups
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What It Covers
Ben Horowitz discusses leadership techniques, wartime versus peacetime management, building company culture through specific behaviors, and his investments in defense technology startups.
Notable Moment
Horowitz reveals he helped reopen the Tupac murder case by connecting Las Vegas police with Quincy Jones' son, leading to the arrest of the suspected killer decades later.
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