Name: The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Author: Ben Horowitz

Ben Horowitz

Co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz

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“Ben Horowitz is an American businessman, investor, blogger, and author.

“it’s a gritty, no-holds-barred account of the rollercoaster ride that is building and running a company.

Peter Thiel

Co-founder of PayPal and Palantir

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“Every management guide presumes that all great companies follow a formula. But successful startups don’t imitate; they build innovations that can't be copied. Ben Horowitz knows no recipe guarantees success, and with The Hard Thing About Hard Things, he has written the first true guide for protecting a startup from self-sabotage.

“Every management guide presumes that all great companies follow a formula. But successful startups don’t imitate; they build innovations that can’t be copied.

Drew Houston

Co-founder and CEO of Dropbox

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“Drew Houston recommends 11 books

“One of the great things that [the author] wrote in [this book] is the hardest part of being a CEO is managing your psychology.

Matt Mullenweg

Founder of WordPress and Automattic

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“Entertaining more than anything. I read [this book], I was like: I would never work for this guy. But entertaining and some good lessons.

Chris Dixon

General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

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“Without question, to me, The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz is, by far, the best, most brutally honest and incredibly useful book about the realities of starting and running a company, ever written.

Jensen Huang

CEO of NVIDIA

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“This book is a must-read for anyone in leadership or entrepreneurship. Ben Horowitz offers unfiltered advice on navigating the challenges of running a business, especially during tough times.