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The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

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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.

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This book should be read by every aspiring entrepreneur. It’s full of real world examples and tips on how to overcome the road blocks that stop real success in business. .

Good, sound advice.

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Some books can be slow or repetitive, this is an honest, raw account of Ben Horowitz’s entrepreneurial journey. It’s thrilling and gives one confidence to keep doing the hard things

Genuinely helpful and an exciting story

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This book is great because it's a book about reality. Sometimes it's totally ridiculous what you have to go through as the CEO of a large or small company. But this book makes you realise you're not alone. You're not the only one who doesn't know what your doing :)

Insightful, funny, true, excellent

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practical advice with numerous examples to really understand all the challenges as a CEO. really needed it now

just what I needed as a CEO!

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Easy read
Touched on all the hard things you will encounter I should know been there over many years. It’s going to tell you more about the soft hard issues.
It’s not about strategy
Well grounded as written by a real FOUNDER CEO
Rosalind Benjamin FOUNDER CEO HELIX INTERNATIONAL GROUP LTD ENGLAND


A MUST FOR Founder CEOs

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