The Hard Thing About Hard Things
"There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all."
— 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.