Sabrina Horn is an award-winning CEO, C-suite advisor, communications expert, and author. With only $500 and five years of work experience, she founded Horn Group, a public relations firm that for a quarter century, advised thousands of executives and their companies—from the hottest startups to the Fortune 500. She was one of few female CEOs in Silicon Valley in the early 1990s and has always aimed to exemplify authenticity and advise her clients on its merits. She’s written for publications including The Wall Street Journal, Inc., Entrepreneur, Forbes, and CMO.com.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Sabrina’s Parents
- Maureen Blanc Founder and Board Chair of Charge Across Town
- Simone Coxe Board Chairman at CALmatters
When business started difficulties overcame:
“when you are 29 years old there are quite a few difficulties. The lack of experience being one of them and I would say confidence. Just having the confidence to know that the decision you are making has legs and that you have a good business idea that will last for more than one year or two. That you have some kind of longevity. Those were all things that I struggled with wondering if I had what it would take to be successful”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t Book by James C. Collins
- Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies Book by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers Book by Ben Horowitz
Favourite Quote:
- “Know what you don’t know”
- “the day that you think you’ve made it is the day that you should quit your”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Andreessen Horowitz Newsletter. Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (known as “a16z”) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology.
- Joe Sent Me the home page for business travelers
- Medium – where words matter. Medium deliver’s the best stories and ideas on the topics you care about most straight to your homepage, app, or inbox.
- Crunchbase is the leading destination for company insights from early stage start-ups to the Fortune 1000. Get insights into your competition. Uncover start-up trends, get company funding data. Find new prospects, beat competitors and quotas
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Make sure that you have really good mentors around you that you can rely on for different things. Not just one but different mentors for different aspects of your life and your business. And that you have the right leadership team and people. People that will help you take your business to the next level and not just manage it where it is today. That you really know what your values are that you want to establish and build in a culture, in your business processes and brand”…[Listen for More]
More About Sabrina Horn:
- HORN Strategy, LLC
- Sabrina Horn
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It’s much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.” Grace Hopper
Other Quotes From the Chat with Sabrina Horn:
- “It comes down to just having the confidence and the resilience knowing how to make the decisions I needed to make when I was confronted by people who were emotional of people who were fearful when I didn’t even really know what the outcome would be.”
- “The secrets to success… Leading with integrity and being authentic to your purpose is the ticket to success. Anything but that will lead you astray and will sabotage your success”
- “Having a good business idea and a market that has a problem that you can solve. And not just having a good idea but being able to execute well. These are all really, really important things towards achieving success as an entrepreneur”
- “The day that you think you’ve made it is the day that you should quit your job because as an entrepreneur you are always making it, you are always ready for the next fight, for the next challenge, for the next deal, for the next idea. On the day that you think that you have done all you can then the journey is really coming to an end then for the entrepreneur”
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