American entrepreneur and venture capitalist who co-founded Opsware (sold to HP for $1.6B) and co-founded Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with Marc Andreessen — author of The Hard Thing About Hard Things, the most widely read management book for startup founders.
Created the most honest account of startup CEO psychology — The Hard Thing About Hard Things departed from management literature's tendency to offer frameworks for clean situations by honestly describing the loneliness, self-doubt, and impossible decisions of CEO-hood; it became the canonical book for founders navigating genuine crises.
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