Heyo! Welcome to the $100 R.M.B. A, the business podcast that's always got your back with practical business lessons. I'm your host, your coach, your teacher Omar

is in home. I'm also the co-founder of the $100 MBA and Webinar Ninja.

And today's episode is a must-read episode. It's been a while since I've done a must-read episode.

I had to bring it back especially for today's

must-read book. In our must-read episodes, if you're not familiar, I share with you a book that I have read that

has greatly influenced me as an entrepreneur. I share with you some of its

takeaways, its insights, and why you should read it too. And today's must read is The Hard Thing

about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz.

And you can call Ben one of the founding fathers of modern day entrepreneurship.

No, he's not that old, but he has been involved in some of the most pivotal pieces of entrepreneurship as well as tech in today's industry.

You know the web browser that we used to surf the web?

Well he worked on one of the first ones, one of the most successful ones in Netscape. Heard of cloud computing? He started it.

His company Loud Cloud was the fastest growing company of its time. His company's got so big

that got acquired by giants like Hewlett-Packard and

AOL. But the reason why this book is so great is that it's not sugar-coated at

all. He gives you the raw truth about how hard it is to create a business.

But it's not all doom and gloom. He actually shows you how to deal with hard things in business.

Most business books talk about how to avoid problems or

avoid calamities. This book talks about what do you do when they do happen when you

do have problems, when you feel like you have no options what do you do when

things get hard this is why I love this book so much because it's so different

it's so real it's so raw it's one of those books that really hit you home. I can't wait to share with you some of its key

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