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Ben Horowitz

Co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz and author of The Hard Thing About Hard Things.

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High Output ManagementBook Andrew S. Grove

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Over the years, I have come to consider High Output Management a true masterpiece, and there are at least three core aspects to its genius.

His foreword to the reissue of Andy Grove's High Output Management, published on a16z.com

2015-11-13·a16z.com ↗

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