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Ben HorowitzThe Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2014A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
Discuss the concepts of wartime CEO and peacetime CEO. What is Horowitz’s view of each? In what way is he critical of existing business books related to this subject? Why?
What does Horowitz mean by the title of the book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things? Does he answer this question at any point in the text? If so, how does his response correlate with the book’s central themes?
How is Andreessen Horowitz different from other venture capital firms? Why did they choose to distinguish themselves in this way? In your opinion, is their approach helpful or not?
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