The Hard Thing About Hard Things
"By far the most difficult skill I learned as CEO was the ability to manage my own psychology."
— Ben Horowitz, The Hard Thing About Hard Things (2014)
Introduction
| The Hard Thing About Hard Things | |
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| Full title | The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers |
| Author | Ben Horowitz |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Entrepreneurship; Startups; Management; Leadership |
| Genre | Nonfiction; Business; Management |
| Publisher | Harper Business |
Publication date | 4 March 2014 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover); e-book; audiobook |
| Pages | 289 |
| ISBN | 978-0-06-227320-8 |
| Website | harpercollins.com |
Chapter summary
This outline follows the Harper Business first-edition hardcover (2014; ISBN 978-0-06-227320-8).[1][2][3]
🧭 1 – From Communist to Venture Capitalist.
🎧 2 – "I Will Survive".
🎭 3 – This Time with Feeling.
💥 4 – When Things Fall Apart.
🧑🤝🧑 5 – Take Care of the People, the Products, and the Profits—in That Order.
🏢 6 – Concerning the Going Concern.
🗺️ 7 – How to Lead Even When You Don't Know Where You Are Going.
🎲 8 – First Rule of Entrepreneurship: There Are No Rules.
🔚 9 – The End of the Beginning.
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References
- ↑ "The Hard Thing About Hard Things". HarperCollins. HarperCollins Publishers. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ↑ "The hard thing about hard things : building a business when there are no easy answers". WorldCat. OCLC. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ↑ "The hard thing about hard things: building a business when there are no easy answers". CMC Library Catalog. Colorado Mountain College / Marmot Library Network. Retrieved 10 November 2025.