How to Create Your Business Culture
by Ben Horowitz
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See customer reviews on Amazon →Ben Horowitz stitches military-, criminal- and historical-vignettes to modern management scenes, handing executives short, concrete prescriptions for creating and enforcing culture. The value is in the vivid examples and direct advice that make abstract ideas actionable for leaders who must decide fast. The main limitation is repetition: the same moral resurfaces across several stories, which makes parts feel didactic rather than analytical. If you want step-by-step diagnostics or exercises, this book offers stories and prescriptions but no hands-on toolkit.
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Ben Horowitz, a leading venture capitalist, modern management expert, and New York Times bestselling author, combines lessons both from history and from modern organizational practice with practical and often surprising advice to help executives build cultures that can weather both good and bad times. Ben Horowitz has long been fascinated by histor...
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Recommended by 11 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Management, and Leadership.
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Consider Good to Great by Jim Collins. Recommended by 32 sources.
“The book walks you through a multi-year research project, contrasting spectacular performers with mere survivors. The core insight—that sustained greatness hinges on disciplined people, thought, and action—feels sturdy and actionable. But the book’s arguments rely on retrospective selection of companies, and some of its darlings later faltered. You’ll find a methodical, almost monastic tone that rewards patience but may irritate if you want contemporary, tech-savvy lessons.”
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