The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers—Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship
Ben Horowitz
Ben Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley's most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential advice on building and running a startup—practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn’t cover, based on his popular ben’s blog. While many people talk about how great it is to start a business, very few are honest about how difficult it is to run one. Ben Horowitz analyzes the problems that confront leaders every day, sharing the insights he’s gained developing, managing, selling, buying, investing in, and supervising technology companies. A lifelong rap fanatic, he amplifies business lessons with lyrics from his favorite songs, telling it straight about everything from firing friends to poaching competitors, cultivating and sustaining a CEO mentality to knowing the right time to cash in. Filled with his trademark humor and straight talk, The Hard Thing About Hard Things is invaluable for veteran entrepreneurs as well as those aspiring to their own new ventures, drawing from Horowitz's personal and often humbling experiences.
- Author
- Ben Horowitz
- Original title
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things
- Edition published
- March 4, 2014
- First published
- October 1, 2014
- Publication year
- 2014
- My rating
- 4/5
- Goodreads rating
- 4.19/5 from 114,043 ratings and 4,654 reviews
- Publisher
- Harper Business
- Edition
- Kindle Edition · 308 pages
- Language
- English
- Genres
- Business, Nonfiction, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Startup, Self Help, Buisness, Audiobook, Biography
- Awards
- Financial Times Business Book of the Year · Longlist · nominee · 2014; Goodreads Choice Award · Business Books · nominee · 2014; Goodreads Choice Award · Readers' Favorite Business Books · nominee · 2014
- Added
- April 10, 2014
- Times read
- 1
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- 0
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