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

Ben Horowitz

Building A Business When There Are No Easy Answers

★ 4.3 (558 Ratings) ◷ 28 Minutes ☰ 13 Sections ◉ Text + audio
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These abstracts explain why the job of a CEO is among the toughest and loneliest in the world, and how you can survive all the stress and heartache involved.

About the author

Ben Horowitz is a founding partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Previously, he was a co-founder and CEO at the IT company Opsware, which he eventually sold to Hewlett-Packard in 2007 for $1.6 billion. His blog has over 10 million readers.

Who might enjoy this content?

  • Present or future CEOs and founders
  • Anyone who wants to understand how businesses are run successfully
  • Anyone who is ever in a position where they have to hire or fire someone

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