The Hard Thing About Hard Things
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things is a business and leadership book by entrepreneur and venture capitalist Ben Horowitz that offers candid, experience-based advice on building and running startups through their toughest challenges.
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book
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business book ⓘ leadership book ⓘ management book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Ben Horowitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Ben Horowitz's experience as CEO of Loudcloud
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Ben Horowitz's experience as CEO of Opsware ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
how to build a company culture
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how to communicate bad news ⓘ how to handle company near-death experiences ⓘ how to manage and retain talent ⓘ the struggle of being a CEO ⓘ |
| genre |
business
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entrepreneurship ⓘ leadership ⓘ management ⓘ |
| hasKeyTheme |
building trust within an organization
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embracing the struggle in entrepreneurship ⓘ importance of resilience in leadership ⓘ making tough decisions under uncertainty ⓘ managing personal psychology as a leader ⓘ there are no easy answers to hard problems ⓘ |
| hasPart | chapters ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
CEOs
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business leaders ⓘ entrepreneurs ⓘ startup founders ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
candid discussion of the difficulties of running startups
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practical advice on managing hard decisions ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2014-03-04 ⓘ |
| publisher | HarperBusiness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topic |
CEO decision-making
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company management ⓘ entrepreneurship ⓘ firing executives ⓘ hiring executives ⓘ layoffs ⓘ leadership challenges ⓘ managing through crises ⓘ organizational culture ⓘ scaling companies ⓘ startups ⓘ venture capital-backed companies ⓘ |
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