{"id":20,"date":"2014-11-02T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-02T07:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test2.bennychan.me\/?p=20"},"modified":"2014-11-02T16:50:05","modified_gmt":"2014-11-02T08:50:05","slug":"good-sunday-read-the-hard-thing-about-hard-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bennychan.me\/index.php\/2014\/11\/good-sunday-read-the-hard-thing-about-hard-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Sunday Read: The Hard thing about Hard Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41MGlhhZNIL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The book is written by Ben Horowitz, cofounder of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andreessen_Horowitz\">Andreessen Horowitz<\/a>\u00a0and one of Silicon Valley&#8217;s most respected and experienced entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>I have gone through the first 4 chapters after purchasing from Google Books. It gives a good perspective to build a startup from scratch to IPO. Personally I know nothing about Ben previous startup LoudCloud. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opsware\">LoudCloud<\/a> was a company built around the time of Internet Boom and survived across the Dotcom Crash. It introduced the concept of cloud computing in the early days.<\/p>\n<p>When you try to build a startup in Hong Kong, you know that it&#8217;s never easy without the support of outside financial supports. The hard thing is swimming against the tide in the middle of the sea. A startup founder could only take punches as hard as she can. Ben illustrated the point very well when he got 400 &#8211; 500 staffs and the company kept bleeding. IPO was just a way to escape from going bankruptcy. The enormous pressure was so vivid that I can feel it.<\/p>\n<p>IF you are building a company and getting stuck in the way, you should take a look at the book. Only if you can get passed the stumbling block you can reach another peak. Yea that&#8217;s the only way. You know that before you join the startup game, rite?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;What doesn&#8217;t kill make you Stronger<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to reading following chapters about founding Andreessen Horowitz.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The book is written by Ben Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz\u00a0and one of Silicon Valley&#8217;s most respected and experienced entrepreneurs. 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