Wartime vs Peacetime: Ben Horowitz on Leadership

The a16z Podcast • January 02, 2026

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Ben Horowitz Guest 85% LLM Login to Follow
Jorge Conde Host/Co-host 85% LLM Login to Follow

Description

In this exclusive conversation from a16z’s Bio and Health BUILD Summit, founding partner Ben Horowitz sits down with general partner Jorge Conde. Originally released in August 2023, the episode covers everything from the inspiration behind Ben’s book The Hard Thing About Hard Things and how the open internet was secured, to the difference between wartime and peacetime CEOs, what it really means to scale culture, and how bio and healthcare innovation differs from other forms of technology. Ben’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Thing-About-Things-Building/dp/0062273205

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