Week 8 Book Review

The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Harowitz As I wind up my review of this book, I reflect on the general theme to be a strong CEO and not give up. This weeks reading discusses evaluating the CEO. Being a CEO requires a varied set of advanced skills. Some of these skills come

Week 7 Book Review

The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Harowitz Ben Horowitz writes of the hardest things about being a CEO.  He said that the most difficult thing is to manage your own psychology. He says that hiring, firing, product and organization design are straightforward skills.   One problem is that to learn to be a CEO,

Week 6 Book Review

The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Harowitz Good management is key to running a successful business.  As a CEO, Manager or business owner you do not want to get caught up in office politics.  Some managers do not even realize that they are guilty of it. They have an employee come to them

Procrastination Podcast

References Grant, Adam. “The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers.” TED. April. 2016. Lecture. “Adam Grant: Books, Podcast, TED Talks, Newsletter, Articles.” Adam, https://www.adamgrant.net/. Duan, Crystal. “This Is How You Show Your Creativity, Based on Your Myers-Briggs Type.” Bustle, 27 Mar. 2018. https://www.bustle.com/p/these-myers-briggs-types-are-the-most-creative-in-the-conventional-unconventional-sense-8546249 Grant, Adam. “Why I Taught Myself to Procrastinate.” The New York Times, The

Week 5 Book Review

The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Harowitz This weeks reading started with the fact that companies justify their employees leaving by saying that they were going to fire them anyway. The company hired them and they were great. How did they suddenly become a bad employee? Most times they do not. Many times

Week 4 Book Reflection

The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Harowitz This weeks reading included the difficult things that a CEO or Entrepreneur may go through. These include the struggles, having to tell it like it is, laying employees off, firing an executive, and demoting employees when things fall apart. Horowitz’s answers to overcoming the “Struggle” include

Week 3 Reflection Book Review

The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz The book continues with Ben getting hired by Netscape. You get a good feel of Ben’s relationship with his boss Marc Andreesen. He admits that they do not see eye to eye, but in the end it works. Netscape sells to America Online(AOL). They invented JavaScript,