It helps to have founded and run a company if you're going to help somebody run a company who is a founder. - Ben Horowitz

The second thing that any technology startup must do is to take the market.

Marc Andreessen attempted to cheer me up with a not-so-funny-at-the-time joke: Marc: “Do you know the best thing about startups?” Ben: “What?” Marc: “You only ever experience two emotions: euphoria and terror. And I find that lack of sleep enhances them both.

No technology startup has a long shelf life. Even the best ideas become terrible ideas after a certain age.