Culture is not a set of beliefs.

Missisoki, it's a set of actions.

And Ben says, you owe 20 bucks.

Okay? So I reach into my wallet.

And, you know, the norm was you put the cash on the table.

Yeah.

So I reached into my wallet and I pull out and I unfortunately only had $100.

And I kind of pull it out and Ben sees it and he's like, we don't make change, motherfucker.

If you show up five minutes late, ten minutes late, then you can say you have respect for what it means to build a company, but you don't really have respect for what it means to build a company.

Because you wouldn't do that if you did.

You know what?

It's better to be right than consistent.

Today you'll hear an episode from August 2023,

featuring exclusive audio from our bio and health build conference,

including a conversation between A16D co-founder Ben Horowitz

and bio-and-health general partner Jorge Condi.

They discuss everything from the inspiration behind Ben's book,

The Hard Thing About Hard Things,

which includes a powerful story about how open internet was secured

and how the outcome was far from guaranteed.

You'll also hear about surprising leaders from history,

the difference between wartime

...