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This week, Jessica Rees reviews The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz. Jessica Rees (Gomez) is a serial entrepreneur, public relations and communications consultant with nearly two decades of experience in business. She has worked with celebrity clients, publicly traded companies, venture capital firms, and Silicon Valley technology startups.
The Hard Thing About Hard Things is an autobiographical testament to experience applied, offering frameworks and methodology with personality. Horowitz sets the tone of many of his chapters with iconic rap lyrics from the nineties. His raw admissions help you understand that leadership requires one to grapple with their own integrity while making hard decisions for oneself and those around them. I appreciate the transparency of stress throughout pivotal moments in his entrepreneurial journey. It is a realistic nod to the reality of the extreme pressure a founder/CEO is under, juxtaposed against the victory laps often seen in the media.