The 10 Best Business Books By Successful CEOs

BANGALORE: Business books are filled with jargon like ‘key takeaways’, ‘don’t be afraid to fail’ and ‘build a great team’.

But the best business books are one that move away from ‘objectives and key results’ and talk about interesting anecdotes that show how businesspeople made decisions in tough circumstances, which is why they are so often straight from the executives that have lived through it. Businessinsider.com had compiled a list of the best:

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Ben Horowitz, cofounder of the technology venture capital firm Andreessen Horowiz, puts it succinctly when he says “What is the hard thing about hard things? That they don't have a formula. They are hard because your emotions are at odds with your logic. They are hard because you don’t know the answer and you cannot ask for help without showing weakness." 

Horowitz was the CEO of software management firm Opsware, before he sold it to HP for $1.6 billion.

 He then helped set up the angel investor industry, investing in companies started by people with little business experience, in the brand new but emerging technology industry.

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