<p>Startups are romanticized AFTER they win. But it takes extraordinary grit to have what it TAKES to win. Ben Horowitz, the co-founder of Andreessen-Horowitz, is the perfect guest to tell it like it is, as he has for many years in his books &#8220;the Hard Thing About Hard Things&#8221; and &#8220;What You Do Is Who You Are.&#8221;  Mike Maples, Jr of FLOODGATE interviews Ben to discuss the ups and downs of dealing with &#8220;the struggle,&#8221; and why the best startup leaders are often the ones who simply refused to quit.</p>


Mike Maples

Ben Horowitz: “The IPO From Hell” and Other REAL Lessons from the Startup Crucible

<p>Startups are romanticized AFTER they win. But it takes extraordinary grit to have what it TAKES to win. Ben Horowitz, the co-founder of Andreessen-Horowitz, is the perfect guest to tell it like it is, as he has for many years in his books &#8220;the Hard Thing About Hard Things&#8221; and &#8220;What You Do Is Who [&hellip;]</p>


Starting Greatness Episode #63

Ben Horowitz: “The IPO From Hell” and Other REAL Lessons from the Startup Crucible