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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

HarperBusiness, 2014 подробнее...


Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Applicable
  • Well Structured
  • Engaging

Recommendation

Ben Horowitz guided Loudcloud through life-or-death struggles before selling it to Hewlett-Packard for $1.65 billion. He argues that no formula can promise entrepreneurial success. Horowitz is a first-rate storyteller and a refreshingly irreverent teacher who uses allusions ranging from Jay Z to Clint Eastwood to Dr. Seuss. Any business leader will find worthy guidance in this exhortation to persist through “the Struggle.” getAbstract recommends Horowitz’s part autobiography, part tip sheet to anyone building a company.

Take-Aways

  • You may start a company with high hopes, but eventually – like Ben Horowitz at Loudcloud – you’ll experience “the Struggle.”
  • Horowitz didn’t struggle alone; he enlisted the best minds in order to address his company’s problems.
  • His advice: Put your people first, then your products, and then your profits.

About the Author

Ben Horowitz is a co-founder and general partner of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.


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    P. H. 9 years ago
    MISSED MOST OF THE MAJOR 'TEACHING MOMENTS' OF THE BOOK
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    J. P. 10 years ago
    This was one of the greatest books ever written for a high tech CEO. This summary certainly does not do it justice.
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      9 years ago
      Agree it is a great book and this summary does not include some best lessons learned of the peaks and valleys of Mergers and Acquisitions especially the story illustrating the CEO responsibility with the IPO and closing price of Baidu on Day 1.