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    Ben Horowitz’s The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers | Summary
    Ben Horowitz’s The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers | Summary
    Ben Horowitz’s The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers | Summary
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    Ben Horowitz’s The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers | Summary

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    This is a Summary of Ben Horowitz’s The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

    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..

    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.

    Available in a variety of formats, this summary is aimed for those who want to capture the gist of the book but don't have the current time to devour all 304 pages. You get the main summary along with all of the benefits and lessons the actual book has to offer.This is a summary that is not intended to be used without reference to the original book.

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    PublisherAnt Hive Media
    Release dateAug 21, 2016
    ISBN9781310020629
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      Ben Horowitz’s The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Ant Hive Media

      Ben Horowitz’s

      THE HARD THING

      ABOUT

      HARD THINGS

      Building a Business When

      There Are No Easy Answers

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