O Lado Difícil das Situações Difíceis

by Ben Horowitz, Marcelo Brandão Cipolla (Translator)

Em O lado difícil das situações difíceis, Ben Horowitz, um dos empreendedores mais respeitados e experientes do Vale do Silício, conta a história de como ele mesmo fundou, dirigiu, vendeu, comprou, geriu e investiu em empresas de tecnologia, oferecendo conselhos essenciais e normas de sabedoria prática para ajudar os empreendedores a resolver os problemas mais difíceis - aqueles de que as faculdades de administração não tratam. Seu blogue alcançou um público dedicado de milhões de leitores, que passaram a confiar no autor para ajudá-los a gerir suas próprias empresas. Horowitz, grande fã de rap, ilustra as lições empresariais com letras de suas músicas favoritas e fala a verdade nua e crua sobre os assuntos mais espinhosos, desde como demitir um amigo até saber o melhor momento para vender a empresa. Tradução de Marcelo Brandão Cipolla.   Capa 312 páginas
WMF Martins Fontes; Ediçã 1ª (17 de setembro de 2015)
Português
857827976X
978-8578279769
Dimensões do 20,8 x 13,8 x 1,8 cm
Peso de 259 g

Paperback

Published January 1, 2000

About the author

Ben Horowitz is the cofounder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs building the next generation of leading technology companies. The firm's investments include Airbnb, GitHub, Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter. Previously, he was cofounder and CEO of Opsware, formerly Loudcloud, which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion in 2007. Horowitz writes about his experiences and insights from his career as a computer science student, software engineer, cofounder, CEO, and investor in a blog that is read by nearly 10 million people. He has also been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the New Yorker, Fortune, the Economist, and Bloomberg Businessweek, among others. Horowitz lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Felicia.

Follow him on Twitter @bhorowitz and his blog, www.bhorowitz.com.

Reviews

[Luiza · Rating 3 out of 5]

This might be an excellent book for those who are (or want to be) an executive manager: it's full of stories about Ben's career, tips / suggestions / orientations about how to handle hard things on the executive life, etc. For me it wasn't that good because this is not my career path, but I suspect that if I was I would love to read this book. The advices are really good and they are full of examples of Ben's own decisions or stories that he heard from others.

Still, if you're not an executive manager, this book can be a good source of knowledge for you. The first part of the book, where Ben describes his path to create a company until selling it to HP, is very very interesting. I would love to read more of those stories, so I was a little bit frustrated when I realised most of the book was not focused on that. I was enjoying a lot the reading, which is not what usually happens when I read books about careers, managing, etc.

During the second part of the book, I could enjoy a few of the sub-chapters, but mostly they were so far away from my day-to-day reality that it was hard to imagine what I would do with that content.

Do I recommend this book to other people? It depends. If you're (or plans to be) an executive manager, ABSOLUTELY! If you are not, hum, maybe just read the chapters with the story of Ben's career, and select which sub-chapters you would be curious about on the following parts.

[Cristiano Franco · Rating 5 out of 5]

Acredito que o livro é um “must read” pra quem quer entender sobre as mentes do Vale do Silício que trabalharam nas empresas de tecnologia desde o início do que conhecemos por transformação digital (1990). Horowitz relata sua experiência como diretor executivo de sua startup passando por uma jornada de dificuldades que enfrentou até conseguir vender seu negócio para HP. Ao longo dessa jornada traz bons insights e aprendizados sobre contratação de executivos, cultura, política empresarial, vendas e outras decisões difíceis em cada momento da sua empresa. Grandes nomes inspiraram e ajudam Ben ao longo dessa jornada: Steve Jobs, Bill Campbell e Andy Grove. É muito inspirador ver a jornada e história de um empreendedor que agora busca ajudar as pessoas do lado de uma empresa de investimentos.

[Vinicius Romão · Rating 1 out of 5]

poor quality material, a book for very rich and old people, not for me, the last book I will read of this kind.

[Muhammad · Rating 5 out of 5]

We still remembered the first who handshaked. Friendly matches happened in Saudi Arabia. Peace be upon him. There is no God, but Allah SWT. Ahlussunnah wal jama'ah.

[Guilherme Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

Livro de leitura leve e fácil. A história do autor captou minha atenção nas primeiras páginas e a leitura foi bem satisfatório