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The Hard Thing About Hard Things (Harper Business, 2014)

Ben Horowitz · c. 2014

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  1. There’s no recipe for really complicated, dynamic situations.
  2. The Struggle is where greatness comes from.
  3. Startup CEOs should not play the odds.
  4. The hard thing isn’t setting a big, hairy, audacious goal. The hard thing is laying people off when you miss the big goal.
  5. Wartime CEO is paranoid.

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