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The Hard Thing About Hard Things is supposed to a good book for start ups/indie hackers. I listen to a lot of podcasts in this area and it's mentioned quite a l

The Hard Thing About Hard Things is supposed to a good book for start ups/indie hackers. I listen to a lot of podcasts in this area and it's mentioned quite a lot. http://hardthings.bhorowitz.com/ http://hardthings.bhorowitz.com/

varshithr 7y ago
If you don't mind me asking, what kind of podcasts do you listen to?
- losthobbies 7y ago
  Startup grind Indie Hackers Build Your Saas Founder Quest Y Combinator ReWork Product Hunt Radio Start Ups for the Rest of Us Everyone Hates Marketers The Art of Product Masters of Scale
prepend 7y ago
I like this book because I like anecdotes from tech startups. I especially the following story [0] as it has profanity, email judo, earnestness, and candor... “Then, just two weeks before the launch, Marc, without telling Mike or me, revealed the entire strategy to the publication Computer Reseller News. I was livid. I immediately sent him a short email: To: Marc Andreessen Cc: Mike Homer From: Ben Horowitz Subject : Launch I guess we’re not going to wait until the 5th to launch the strategy. — Ben Within 15 minutes, I received the following reply: To: Ben Horowitz Cc: Mike Homer, Jim Barksdale (CEO), Jim Clark (Chairman) From: Marc Andreessen Subject: Re: Launch Apparently you do not understand how serious the situation is. We are getting killed killed killed out there. Our current product is radically worse than the competition. We’ve had nothing to say for months. As a result, we’ve lost over $3B in market capitalization. We are now in danger of losing the entire company and it’s all server product management’s fault. Next time do the fucking interview yourself. Fuck you, Marc” [0] https://www.vox.com/2014/3/3/11624080/when-ben-met-marc https://www.vox.com/2014/3/3/11624080/when-ben-met-marc

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The Hard Thing About Hard Things is supposed to a good book for start ups/indie hackers. I listen to a lot of podcasts in this area and it's mentioned quite a l

by losthobbies 7y ago

varshithr 7y ago
If you don't mind me asking, what kind of podcasts do you listen to?
- losthobbies 7y ago
  Startup grind Indie Hackers Build Your Saas Founder Quest Y Combinator ReWork Product Hunt Radio Start Ups for the Rest of Us Everyone Hates Marketers The Art of Product Masters of Scale
prepend 7y ago
I like this book because I like anecdotes from tech startups. I especially the following story [0] as it has profanity, email judo, earnestness, and candor... “Then, just two weeks before the launch, Marc, without telling Mike or me, revealed the entire strategy to the publication Computer Reseller News. I was livid. I immediately sent him a short email: To: Marc Andreessen Cc: Mike Homer From: Ben Horowitz Subject : Launch I guess we’re not going to wait until the 5th to launch the strategy. — Ben Within 15 minutes, I received the following reply: To: Ben Horowitz Cc: Mike Homer, Jim Barksdale (CEO), Jim Clark (Chairman) From: Marc Andreessen Subject: Re: Launch Apparently you do not understand how serious the situation is. We are getting killed killed killed out there. Our current product is radically worse than the competition. We’ve had nothing to say for months. As a result, we’ve lost over $3B in market capitalization. We are now in danger of losing the entire company and it’s all server product management’s fault. Next time do the fucking interview yourself. Fuck you, Marc” [0] https://www.vox.com/2014/3/3/11624080/when-ben-met-marc https://www.vox.com/2014/3/3/11624080/when-ben-met-marc