Don’t Follow Your Passion

Short and sweet graduation speech from Ben Horowitz, former CEO of Loudcloud/Opsware (bought by hp) and now general partner at venture firm Andreesen-Horowitz. The succinct yet effective speech is worth watching in full, but here are the key takeaways:

ps. Ben Horowitz is also the author of a fantastic biographical management book The Hard Thing About Hard Things, an extremely honest take on building and running a huge technology business as he learned from his tenure as an entrepreneur.

 
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