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Could Security Be HP’s Unexpected Strength?

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 19, 2011 at 6:44 am PT

Could security be the business that helps turn HP around? One analyst thinks so.

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When Employees Misinterpret Managers

Ben Horowitz, Co-founder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz in Voices on July 19, 2011 at 4:43 pm PT

Management purely by numbers is sort of like painting by numbers — it’s strictly for amateurs.

Exclusive: What's Former Omniture CEO Josh James Been Doing Since Leaving Adobe? Raising LOTS Of Money (Updated)

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 27, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

The former CEO of Web analytics powerhouse Omniture, who left Adobe after less than a year, has a new stealth venture cooking, and investors are lining up to get in on the action. Update: Investors include Andreessen Horowitz and Benchmark Capital.

Eyes on an IPO, Jive Software Adds Four Directors, All With Public Company Experience

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 30, 2011 at 7:10 am PT

Looking more like a public company every day, the social enterprise software company has added executives from McAfee, Facebook and Google to its board of directors.

Peter Levine, Veritas Veteran and Data Center Guru, Joins Andreessen-Horowitz

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 21, 2011 at 12:32 pm PT

Levine is joining AH as general partner, and brings expertise and connections to deals it would otherwise miss. Case in point: AH has invested in a stealth startup called Bromium.

Seven Questions for Sunny Gupta, CEO of Apptio, the CIO's New Best Friend

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 28, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

All CIOs struggle to get a true understanding of the costs associated with IT infrastructure and also of the value it provides their companies. Apptio is a cloud-based service that tracks those costs every month and helps you get the most out of an IT budget.

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Why Andreessen Horowitz Models Itself After a Hollywood Talent Agency

Deborah Gage, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 22, 2011 at 2:02 pm PT

Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have raised nearly a billion dollars in the 18 months since they founded their Silicon Valley venture firm, Andreessen Horowitz, even though they’ve never been venture capitalists before.

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Should You Sell Your Company?

Ben Horowitz, Co-founder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz in News on January 18, 2011 at 3:14 pm PT

One of the most difficult decisions that a CEO ever makes is whether or not to sell her company. Logically, determining whether selling a company will be better in the long term than continuing to run it stand-alone involves a huge number of factors, most of which are speculative or unknown. And if you are the founder, the logical part is the easy part.

Meet Andreessen Horowitz’s Newest Partner: Mark Cranney

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 14, 2011 at 4:01 pm PT

A VC partner whose job isn’t to find new companies to invest in, but to help out the ones already in the portfolio.

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo on Platforms, Reliability and Independence at D@CES

Peter Kafka in Media on January 7, 2011 at 4:49 pm PT

Twitter has crossed the threshold from Web novelty into something substantial. Now Dick Costolo’s job is to turn it into a business–one big enough to justify the sky-high valuation investors have given the messaging company.