The hard thing about hard things : building a business when there are no easy answers /: building a business when there are no easy answers. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ben Horowitz.
• Authors: Horowitz, Ben, 1966-
• Contents: 1. From Communist to venture capitalist -- 2. "I will survive" -- 3. This time with feeling -- 4. When things fall apart : The struggle ; CEOs should tell it like it is ; The right way to lay people off ; Preparing to fire an executive ; Demoting a loyal friend ; Lies that losers tell ; Lead bullets ; Nobody cares -- 5. Take care of the people, the products, and the profits--in that order : A good place to work ; Why startups should train their people ; Is it okay to hire people from your friend's company? ; Why it's hard to bring big company execs into little companies ; Hiring executives: if you've never done the job, how do you hire somebody good? ; When employees misinterpret managers ; Management debt ; Management quality assurance -- 6. Concerning the going concern : How to minimize politics in your company ; The right kind of ambition ; Titles and promotions ; When smart people are bad employees ; Old people ; One-on-one ; Programming your culture ; Taking the mystery out of scaling a company ; The scale anticipation fallacy -- 7. How to lead even when you don't know where you are going : The most difficult CEO skill ; The fine line between fear and courage ; Ones and twos ; Follow the leader ; Peacetime CEO/wartime CEO ; Making yourself a CEO ; How to evaluate CEOs -- 8. First rule of entrepreneurship: there are no rules : Solving the accountability vs. creativity paradox ; The freaky Friday management technique ; Staying great ; Should you sell your company? -- 9. The end of the beginning -- Appendix: Questions for head of Enterprise sales force.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 289 pages)
• Subjects: 658.11; New business enterprises -- Management; Entrepreneurship; Success in business; Entrepreneurship; Nouvelles entreprises -- Gestion; Entrepreneuriat; Succès dans les affaires; entrepreneurs; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Leadership; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Management; Entrepreneurship; New business enterprises -- Management; Success in business
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780062273215; 0062273213
• Related ISBNs: 9780062273208; 0062273205
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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