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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
by Ben Horowitz · 2014
Ben Horowitz's operating lessons from founding, running, selling, and investing in technology companies.
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things appears in 3 currently documented source-backed recommendations.
Steve Blank
Entrepreneur and customer-development author
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Official startup reading list
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Documented citation: Steve Blank includes The Hard Thing About Hard Things in his Books for Startups entrepreneurial management stack.
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Books for Startups
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Steve Blank · accessed 2026-06-21 · accessed 2026-06-21
Steve Blank's official Books for Startups page names these titles in startup reading sections and includes direct guidance such as must-have, must-read, essential reading, useful read, or listed book guidance.
Drew Houston
Co-founder & CEO, Dropbox
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Podcast transcript
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a favorite book that's more about the experience of running a company is Ben Horowitz's book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things
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The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Drew Houston
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Tim Ferriss · 2018-08-29 · accessed 2026-06-23
In response to Ferriss's core-reading-list question, Houston names The Hard Thing About Hard Things as a favorite book about the experience of running a company.
Tony Fadell
Product builder and founder; creator of the iPod and iPhone; founder, Nest Labs
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Secondary transcription of book reading list
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Documented citation: The transcribed Reading List includes The Hard Thing About Hard Things among the books and articles Tony Fadell says helped him, his friends, and mentors.
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Tony Fadell's Reading List
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Lanre Dahunsi · 2022-06-07 · accessed 2026-08-10
This page transcribes the Reading List section from Tony Fadell's Build and introduces it as a list of books and articles that helped Fadell, his friends, and mentors. Google Books independently identifies a Reading List section in Build.