Business: The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Ben Horowitz

The Hard thing about hard things A 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 revolts In the end, he sold OPSware for 1,6B to HP Host rating of 'The Hard thing about hard things' Nico Rating: 6/10 Sam Rating: 6/10 Subscribe! If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it. And of course, share with your friends!

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