the hard thing about hard things by ben horowitz

Things are always darkest before they go completely black

“If you’re going to eat shit, don’t nibble.

the other is the kind of person you call when things go horribly wrong.

ones you can call when something good happens and you need someone to be excited for you.

You need two kinds of friends in your life:.

Bill Campbell: the key to his success is no matter where he goes, he’s everybody’s favorite person.

In start ups you only experience two emotions: euphoria and terror.

You only need one investor to say yes so it’s best to ignore the other 30 who say no

In raising money privately: look for a market of one.Some business relationships become too tense to tolerate, or not tense enough to become productive after a while.When you are part of a family or group, thinking about yourself first can get you in trouble.Learn to look for alternative narratives and explanations coming from radically different perspectives to inform your outlook.Looking at the world through such different prisms and social groups helped him separate the facts from perceptions.Leadership is getting somebody else to follow you, even if only through curiosity.Until you make a great effort to get to know someone or something, you don’t know anything What you do matters, and would determine whether you’ll be a hero or coward Being scared did not mean you are gutless.

There’s no recipe or formula for dealing with the complex, hard things.It definitely had a weird title, but I really wasn’t sure what to expect. The reviews looked good and so far all of the books I’ve read from the podcast were great. 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.įilled 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.Īgain, I found this book through listening to Tim Ferriss’s podcast when he interviewed Mark Andreessen and this book came up. 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. 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. Synopsis: 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. The Hard Things About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz

The hard thing about hard things by ben horowitz