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The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Ben Horowitz · 2014
Mentioned 30 times across 9 podcasts · 2022–2026
Mention timeline8 mentions
20222026
Where it's mentioned Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · 8×
2026
Why companies are becoming a series of loops | Anish Acharya (a16z)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Sep 2026
“And then Ben's book, you know, Hard Things is it was the first emotionally honest book about business that was ever written”
This CPO regrets that product management exists | Tom Verrilli (CPO of Whatnot)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Aug 2026
“not to be cliched. But the hard thing about hard things, I still think is the best book written about product management”
AI is critical for humanity’s survival: Cisco president on the AI revolution | Jeetu Patel
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Feb 2026
“And then the other one that I love is um Ben Horowitz's book Hard Thing About Hard Things”
2025
$46B of hard truths from Ben Horowitz: Why founders fail and why you need to run toward fear (a16z co-founder)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Sep 2025
“He's also the author of two New York Times bestselling books. The Hard Thing About Hard Things and What You Do Is Who You Are”
Inside the expert network training every frontier AI model | Garrett Lord (Handshake CEO)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Aug 2025
“Hard things about hard things, obviously. But these are these are all quite common books”
Why Uber’s CPO delivers food on weekends | Sachin Kansal
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Jun 2025
“I have recommended Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz”
2024
Becoming more strategic, navigating difficult colleagues, harnessing founder mode, and more | Anneka Gupta (Chief Product Officer at Rubrik)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Oct 2024
“What are two or three books that you've recommended most to other people? The Hard Thing About Hard Things”
2022
How to fire people with grace, work through fear, and nurture innovation | Matt Mochary (CEO coach)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Nov 2022
“And then I read another book, Hard Thing About Hard Things, but Ben Horowitz was like, Oh my God, there are even more answers”