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EPISODE · Mar 31, 2021 · 27 MIN

Business: The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Ben Horowitz

from Wiser Than Yesterday: Educational Book Reviews and Summaries

The Hard thing about hard thingsA valuable book for tech entrepreneurs, The Hard thing about hard things helps throw light at the challenges a CEO goes through. Ben Horowitz launched Loudcloud in 1999, just before the dotcom bubble. Their company offers enterprise SaaS to tech clients. Then the trouble began* Because of the dotcom bubble, many of their customers went out of business* Had to IPO to survive, during hard times* After going public, they pivoted to become OPSware, a radically different business* They got threatened to delist from NASDAQ* They had mass employee revoltsIn the end, he sold OPSware for 1,6B to HPHost rating of 'The Hard thing about hard things'NicoRating: 6/10SamRating: 6/10Subscribe!If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it. And of course, share with your friends! Don't Forget to leave a comment on this episode See podvine.com/privacy-policy for podcast listener privacy info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Hard thing about hard thingsA valuable book for tech entrepreneurs, The Hard thing about hard things helps throw light at the challenges a CEO goes through. Ben Horowitz launched Loudcloud in 1999, just before the dotcom bubble. Their company offers enterprise SaaS to tech clients. Then the trouble began* Because of the dotcom bubble, many of their customers went out of business* Had to IPO to survive, during hard times* After going public, they pivoted to become OPSware, a radically different business* They got threatened to delist from NASDAQ* They had mass employee revoltsIn the end, he sold OPSware for 1,6B to HPHost rating of 'The Hard thing about hard things'NicoRating: 6/10SamRating: 6/10Subscribe!If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it. And of course, share with your friends! Don't Forget to leave a comment on this episode See podvine.com/privacy-policy for podcast listener privacy info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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