ben horowitz of andreessen horowitz. we will hear more about andy grove and his extraordinary life.l sit down with a ceo discussing the issues facing the world of cyber security. ♪ emily: as we remember a pioneer of the tech industry, former ceo and chairman of intel, the late andy grove died on monday, i spoke to ben horowitz, cofounder of andreessen horowitz who had his own special relationship with andy grove, a beloved mentor and teacher. he talked about his role in shaping silicon valley. ben: not only did he build the foundational company, and to get to the microprocessor intel was in the memory business. that is usually the end when you get to 13 years. he faced brutal competition from the japanese. including subsidies from the japanese government to his competitors, which forced him to switch the business that late in its life to microprocessors -- something he foresaw might be a big market, but at the time was tiny. as a result, the u.s. ended up being the center of the microprocessor market and the pc industry, which led us to be the center of the internet. he was the foun

ben horowitz of andreessen horowitz. we will hear more about andy grove and his extraordinary life.er in the hour, i sit down with a ceo and later in the discussed the world of cyber security. ♪ emily: as we remember a pioneer of the computer industry former , ceo and chairman of intel, the late andy grove died on monday, i spoke to ben horowitz, cofounder of andreessen horowitz who had his own special relationship with andy grove, a beloved mentor and teacher. he began by talking about growth's role in shaping silicon valley. ben: not only did he build the foundational company, and to get to the microprocessor intel was in the memory business for the first 13 years of its life, which is an eternity in tech. and he faced brutal competition from the japanese, including subsidies from the japanese government to his competitors, which forced him to switch the business that late in its life to microprocessors, something he foresaw might be a big market, but at the time was tiny. intel, as a result, the u.s. ended up being the center of the microprocessor market and the pc industry, whic

i spoke to ben horowitz, cofounder of andreessen horowitz who had his own special relationship with andyve, a beloved mentor and teacher. he talked about his role in shaping silicon valley. ben: not only did he build the foundational company, and to get to the microprocessor intel was in the memory business. that is usually the end when you get to 13 years. he faced brutal competition from the japanese. including subsidies from the japanese government to his competitors, which forced him to switch the business that weight in its life to microprocessors -- something he first saw might be a big market, but at the time was tiny. as a result, the u.s. ended up being the center of the microprocessor market and the pc industry, which led us to be the center of the internet. he was the foundation for the u.s.'s leadership in technology. that was a really big thing. beyond that, he was also the cultural foundation of silicon valley. in that his leadership in turning around when he achieved what he did, and making sure others knew how to do it, was unprecedented. no one has done it as well sense,

emily: andreessen horowitz has really perpetuated this idea that good vc's need to be former foundersformer ceo's. of which you are neither. sir michael: i think it's difficult to tell from someone's background whether or not they will be successful in the venture business. we have a lot of company founders at sequoia. but there is also room for lots of other people to succeed as well. being in the investment business is also different from running a company. people like us, we are not running the company. we are trying to help these companies as much as possible. the other thing that people miss is that we are working very hard on building our own organization, because unless you have that at the heart of everything, you cannot make consistent investment. emily: you say in the book that the minute you think you are winning, that is dangerous. and sequoia may be the most successful venture capital firm in history. what do you do from within to evolve the firm and stay on the edge? sir michael: it begins with consistency. showing up for work every day. i know -- emily: a lot of people

emily: ben horowitz, cofounder of andreessen horowitz speaking about the death of andy grove.th me to discuss is our intel reporter who met andy many times. one of the things mentioned at the end there was how he became this way. how did he become so great and mark -- become so great? guest: he wrote a book about his process and growing up in europe during the war and being jewish, having what happened to his family when the nazis occupied hungary and when it was bought over by the soviets and how his family were persecuted and how he had to escape. emily: as a reporter, you met him many times. what was he like? guest: scary. inspiring, but scary. everyone talked about his intellectual honesty and his love of the truth. you couldn't really have this flattering conversation with him. he wasn't interested in his own celebrity. all he cared about was getting to the truth and he would push people's buttons until he got what he felt was useful out of them. emily: david kirkpatrick is still with me. i'm sure you have your own stories about andy having covered silicon valley for so m

ben horowitz of andreessen horowitz. we will hear more about andy grove and his extraordinary life.l sit down with a ceo and later in the hour, discussing the issues facing the world of cyber security. ♪ ♪ emily: as we remember a pioneer of the tech industry, former ceo and chairman of intel, the late andy grove died on monday, i spoke to ben horowitz, cofounder of andreessen horowitz who had his own special relationship with andy grove, a beloved mentor and teacher. he talked about his role in shaping silicon valley. ben: not only did he build the foundational company, and to get to the microprocessor intel was in the memory business. that is usually the end when you get to 13 years. and he faced brutal competition from the japanese, including subsidies from the japanese government to his competitors, which forced him to switch the business that late in its life to microprocessors, something he foresaw might be a big market, but at the time was tiny. intel, as a result, the u.s. ended up being the center of the microprocessor market and the pc industry, which led us to be the cente

chang is standing by for an interview with venture capitalist been horowitz -- ben horowitz of andreessen horowitzily: my condolences, notices and emotional day for you. very close. were you called him the greatest teacher and the greatest ceo ever. i would just love to know more about your relationship with and in what he meant to you. -- with andy, and what he meant to you. ben: it started with me reading his book. it's an amazing thing, here is this guy who came here literally --a refugee and then builds built the most important technology company in the world. , with himt time sitting as ceo, he wrote a book called high output management. books, butos right no ceos read books about how great they are, what an awesome company that builds, something like that. he wrote immanuel on the right way to run a company. that is still come i think, one of the best management books ever writt. career tochange my have a book like that. the mostat are enduring messages of his management philosophy in that everyone knows that famous quote that only the paranoid survive, there was so much more to his style. h

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