Building and Overcoming the Hard Things

a16z crypto show

Andreessen Horowitz

Distributed Computing, Blockchain, Art, Innovation, Web 3, Technology, Culture, Internet, Public Goods, Business, Decentralization, Open Source, Creator Economy, Music, Gaming, Cypherpunk, Visual Arts, Crypto, Arts, Web 3.0, Entertainment, Computing, Computer Science, Blockchains, Entrepreneurship, Ownership, Web3, Cryptography

4.4 • 66 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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with @brian_armstrong @bhorowitz A conversation on management, company culture, and much more on building and overcoming the hard things… beginning with what’s top of mind for so many in the crypto industry and in the news right now (FTX etc.).

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0:00.0	Welcome to Web 3 with A6 and Z, a show about building the next generation of the internet
0:09.1	from the team at A6 and Z crypto.
0:11.3	This show is for anyone, whether company leader or other entrepreneur,
0:14.4	developer, policymaker, and others seeking to understand and go deeper on
0:18.9	all things crypto and web 3. Today's all new guest hosted episode is based on a fireside chat that took
0:26.2	place just this week at our inaugural A6 and Z crypto
0:29.6	summit and it's a conversation between A6 and Z co-founder Ben Horowitz, who authored the best-selling
0:35.0	business books, The Hard Thing About Hard Things, and What You Do, is Who You Are on How to Create Your Business Culture,
0:41.3	interviewing our special guest Brian Armstrong, CEO and
0:45.1	co-founder of Queenbase.
0:47.2	As a reminder, none of the following should be taken as business, legal, tax, or investment
0:51.9	advice. Please see A6cency.com
0:54.0	slash disclosures for more important information including a link to a list of
0:58.2	our investments. The conversation goes into management, company culture, and much
1:02.2	more on building and overcoming the hard things,
1:05.8	but begins with what's top of mind for so many in the crypto industry and beyond and in the news right now.
1:21.0	So Brian, it's been a crazy couple of weeks with FDX. FDX collapses, SBF for those of us who actually followed it is emerging as like a
1:26.6	super Bernie Madoff type character. And you, unusually for you because you're not a spotlight type of guy.
1:35.0	You're more of a behind the scenes type of guy.
1:38.0	Been on TV and taking a leadership role
1:41.0	in trying to explain to the world what this means.
1:43.4	So what does this mean for the crypto industry?
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