Author

Ben Horowitz

5 key ideas, each explained in our own words.

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

IDEA 1
The struggle is the job
Every founder hits stretches where nothing works and no playbook applies. The work is to keep going and pick the least-bad option with incomplete information.
IDEA 2
Peacetime and wartime
In good times a leader widens the field and empowers people. Under existential threat the leader narrows focus and decides fast. Know which mode the company is in.
IDEA 3
People, products, profits
Take care of people first, then the product, then profit, in that order. Without a place people want to work, the other two do not last.

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