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Tag: #scaling

  • The Hard thing about hard things – Ben Horowitz

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    Simply an amazing book! If you are the CEO of a startup that is scaling and you are looking for a collection of learnings that could help you develop multiple perspectives about what the options that are available are, this is the book.

    Horowitz talks about several dilemmas that run through the minds of the entrepreneurs. In addition to sharing the personal war stories and several of the other companies that you may have heard about, he gets the challenges to the fore. The issues he talks about cover demoting/firing a friend; using titles and promotions; hiring from a friend’s company; managing personal psychology; hiring the smart people and what to do when they are bad employees; when to sell your company; and many more.

    I have recommended this book to several entrepreneurs who I believe are in the stage of looking if they have some right answers. If you are too, get yourself a copy.

    Happy Reading!

  • Trillon Dollar Coach – Eric Schmidt and others

    I had read about Bill Campbell, who had mentored several Silicon Valley founding teams, and when I learned this book was about him, I could not wait to get it and start reading.

    Quite unlike several other books, where the authors are working closely to put across their ideas, this one was more a tribute to their coach. Eric, along with Jonathan Rosenberg and Anal Eagle, takes you through their experience and the experiences of several others who had benefitted from the coach’s direction in their lives. Filled with several anecdotal stories, this book sheds light on what the authors feel were the key principles with which Coach Campbell operated.

    I find this a lovely read, which I guess I would like to go back to several times over the years to learn how to deal with people.

    Happy Reading!