The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Building a business when there are no easy answers.

Ben Horowitz, veteran entrepreneur and venture capitalist, shares practical wisdom for dealing with the toughest challenges in building and running a company. From firing friends to managing the psychology of leading, "The Hard Thing About Hard Things" is a brutally honest and highly valuable manual for surviving the realities of entrepreneurship.

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