Entrepreneurship isn’t sipping lattes in a WeWork while manifesting positive vibes into your Canva pitch deck.

It’s waking up at 3 a.m., sweating like a whore in church because payroll is due and the only thing in your bank account is a moth and a bad idea.

That’s why Ben Horowitz’s The Hard Thing About Hard Things hit me like an M60 on full auto.

I’ve read a lot of “rah-rah” leadership books written by guys who couldn’t lead a Cub Scout pack across the street. This one is different. It’s raw, unvarnished, and—Lords of Kobold bless it—it’s honest about how ugly the entrepreneurial fight really is.

Here are the three big takeaways that stuck with me.

1. There’s No Playbook When Shit Hits the Fan

Horowitz doesn’t sugarcoat it—there’s no manual for firing half your team, staring bankr

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