Ben Horowitz

“A big mission of our firm is kind of trying to preserve that special thing that is America. And that means America has to be a leader. It has to be a leader economically. It has to be a leader culturally. It has to be a leader militarily. And to do that, we have to be a leader technologically.”

“The third one, which is a combination of everything in a way, is: is the culture such that young people, the most capable young people, willing to make the biggest contribution — do they get social status reward? Is it cool to either start or join a new company? And almost no, very few countries have that.”