Ben Horowitz: “The IPO From Hell” and Other REAL Lessons from the Startup Crucible

Pattern Breakers

English - November 15, 2021 08:00 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 367 ratings
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Startups are romanticized AFTER they win. But it takes extraordinary grit to have what it TAKES to win. Ben Horowitz, the co-founder of Andreessen-Horowitz, is the perfect guest to tell it like it is, as he has for many years in his books "the Hard Thing About Hard Things" and "What You Do Is Who You Are." Mike Maples, Jr of FLOODGATE interviews Ben to discuss the ups and downs of dealing with "the struggle," and why the best startup leaders are often the ones who simply refused to quit.Check out the new Pattern Breakers Blog at patternbreakers.substack.com
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