The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

BenHorowitz

• Harper Business (2014年3月4日発売)

感想・レビュー・書評

[saku1401さんの感想 · 2023年3月30日]

本書では、著者自身が経験した起業家としての苦悩や困難な状況に直面した経験を交えながら、ビジネス運営において直面する問題や課題に対するアプローチを説明しています。

著者は、起業家やビジネスリーダーにとっての「困難なこと」は、予想外の問題や人間関係の問題、競合他社の攻勢など様々なものがあると述べています。そして、それらの課題に対処するために、起業家は「短期的な選択肢」と「長期的な目標」のバランスを取り、時にはリスクを取ることが必要であるとしています。

[yamatokanekoさんの感想 · 2023年1月19日]

- I read this book a long time ago, but I read it again when I finally started my business. It's been 2 years since I started and man, have I been through some tough stuff. And this book really helped me get back on track.
- "I thought I was tough when I started, but I wasn't tough. I was soft." That line saved me. I could not agree more.

- Overall it is a very interesting story, written in very easy to read English.
- As Paul Graham also wrote, it is very important to write things in clear and simple English. When you write in English, you are writing for the world where most of the readers are not native English speakers. Ben reminded me of this through this book.
http://www.paulgraham.com/simply.html

- Shock is a great mechanism for changing behaviour. Jeff Bezos made his employees' desks at Home Depot out of cheap doors to send the message that "we don't waste money". Strange, shocking rules can set the standard for a strong culture.
- As a CEO, you should have an opinion on everything - forecast, presentation, comment, etc. Let people know what you think, both positive and negative, all the time. People will get used to it and feedback won't be personal in your company.

[JAIST LIBRARYさんの感想 · 2017年7月24日]

What do you do when you face difficulties which have no answers? You have to struggle by yourself, but you can also use the wisdom of ancestors as a reference. From this book you can absorb the knowledge of the author who has overcome many hard things and it may open a new way of you.

[Gen Uehara (金融マーケットインフラ・オタク)さんの感想 · 2017年6月20日]

Definitely the most (or the only ever) comprehensive management book I have ever seen. Packed with the lessons which resonate to the people working in the enterprise and the tech industry. I'm sure I will come back to this book time to time now.

Tech業界で働いていて色々と頭の中でクリアでなかったことが霧が晴れるようにキレイになった素晴らしい本でした。行き詰まったらまたこの本に戻ってこよう。日本語版もあるようです。