How wildly successful angel investor Ben Horowitz evaluates companies

Some influencers run successful companies. Others make a fortune knowing how to pick them. Ben Horowitz has done both. He co-founded the high-profile venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which manages $10 billion in assets, and has hit big with the likes of Facebook, Twitter, and Slack. Before that, he co-launched a data storage company called Loud Cloud, which he later sold to Hewlett Packard for $1.6 billion.
He made waves in 2014 with a best-selling book on how to run a startup. Now he's back with a new book on building company culture. Horowitz is here to offer his latest insight on the investing landscape and to explain why a company's success can depend on factors you don't see on the balance sheet.
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[@christopherwillson]

Why is he being referred to as an angel investor? He's a venture capitalist.

[@SirMathur]

Thank you for uploading this interview!

[@KaryOberbrunner]

Pure gold here. Thanks for the interview with Ben.

[@sajan1kota]

well said🙂

[@christopherwillson]

Who titled this? He is no longer really an angel investor and at no point in the video did they talk about how he evaluates companies.

[@AnaSofiaOfficial]

Thanks for the interview! Great information

[@sten260]

I don't agree with the fact that once the growth company becomes public there is very little growth left. it depends on the company, but there are plenty of examples where most of the growth came after they went public

[@microwavememes]

I think what he means is the growth is priced into the share price they select for the IPO. Warren Buffett also cites this as a reason for not investing in IPOs; there is little mispricing and no arbitrate opportunities

[@simtu251]

@@microwavememes In other words, valuations are bloated, so the company needs to grow way more in value before catching up to the price.

[@dwightnkomo5900]

Deep wisdom there

[@gert-jank8992]

Good interview, thank you.

[@bombol]

Notice how he gets super annoyed at Andy's comment at 14:10. Real sign that he genuinely respects entrepreneurs and hates this sort of rhetoric.

[@sergeyzadrutsky6869]

Great examples. Very good interview.

[@foundingfreedom1537]

The sound exclusion is horrible with emergency sirens 15:02, expected yahoo production level to be better.

[@GolfsMyGame]

Excellent video. Very good interview.

[@AcesizOfficial]

Gems 💎

[@shrek22]

People are leaving the bay area. Remote workers are the norm from my understanding.

[@mdkhaledhasan8059]

15:00 check bridgewater associates

[@aertybhujm1]

I have finished watching this video completely. (我看完這部影片了) I am a Taiwanese who cares about the global affairs. (我是一個關心全球事務的台灣人) And, sadly, most of my fellow Taiwanese don't really care about the world. (但是，很不幸地，我大部分的台灣同胞不那麼在意世界。) Hopefully Taiwan can become increasingly globally-aware and globally-competitive. (希望台灣可以越來越有全球意識與全球競爭力。) God bless Taiwan. (天佑台灣。) great interview！！！

[@vincentcorleone8643]

You barely touched on angel investing

[@fredwinslow744]

What’s the Conceit ? The ends don’t justify the means ? No he was saying good is not absolute

[@rutvijoza4658]

Extremely misleading title!

[@ibatan4336]

So far, I don't see anything that proves that he's an 'angel investor'.

[@technologyandinnovation4586]

Money money money

[@RFOXVALT]

A very unusual way of communicating. Obviously a switched on guy, but that was hard to view.

[@abikelife1481]

Haha! What is a "switched on" guy?

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[@modjaffamodjaffa]

So off topic…

[@casetteplayer]

Kanye sent me