Tag: Ben Horowitz

Apple invests $50M into music distributor UnitedMasters alongside A16z and Alphabet

Independent music distribution platform and tool factory UnitedMasters has raised a $50M series B round led by Apple. A16z and Alphabet are participating again in this raise. United Masters is also entering a strategic partnership with Apple alongside this investment.  If you’re unfamiliar with UnitedMasters, it’s a distribution company launched…

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The rise of the human-centric CEO

Romeen Sheth Contributor Romeen Sheth is president of Metasys, a workforce-management firm based in Atlanta. Steve Schlafman Contributor Steve Schlafman is founder, coach and angel investor at High Output, a boutique leadership-development company based in NYC. Peacetime CEO/Wartime CEO by Ben Horowitz is one of the most commonly cited management…

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Ben Horowitz, a16z general partner, is leaving Lyft’s board

Ben Horowitz, the co-founder and general partner of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, won’t seek re-election to Lyft’s board, according to a document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. Horowitz has served as a board director at the ride-hailing company since June 2016. His venture firm,…

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Pandemic reset leads investors to focus on resilience, adaptability

Mahendra Ramsinghani Contributor More posts by this contributor How to make a deal with a VC at a tech conference With Alibaba, Pivotal and Lightbend on board, Reactive flexes its ROI muscle in the microservices world For the vast majority of startup founders who were planning their capital raise in…

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