The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers, by Ben Horowitz
Here’s how you build and run a start-up, according to Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Ben Horowitz: First, prepare for failure—it's inevitable. Building a viable product is hard. Things won't go as planned. Second, take care of your employees. Train them. Invest in them. Give them responsibility. Third, be mindful. Managing a business is, in part, managing your instincts and emotions. (Read more from Fortune on Horowitz here.)