Episode · a16z Podcast · 2016-04-02
Books mentioned on a16z Podcast: Teams, Trust, and Object Lessons
Some of the best management books are actually military books, argues Ben Horowitz. There's just a certain mental toughness and focus that that experience gives you, adds Dick Costolo based on his observations.
Ben Horowitz discussed The Art of War by Sun Tzu.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Art of War
The Art of War by Sun Tzu is an ancient military treatise offering timeless strategic principles on leadership, outmaneuvering adversaries, and conflict resolution.
Discussed“there are times when you need so much precision that like if you're gonna lose somebody in whatever a war for talent because they got their feelings hurt well that's just gonna be how it's got to be because you need to teach that sunsoo object lesson like somebody's getting their head chopped off”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Art of War
“well I hope so because like all my favorite management books are military books so it's like the art of war there's the colon Powell book my American Journey”
Passing My American Journey
“there's the colon Powell book my American Journey there's the black jacobins so that to sound lo vetere book”
Passing The Black Jacobins
“there's the black jacobins so that to sound lo vetere book the problem with leadership in general is the easy thing to do is generally the wrong thing to do”