A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World
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Average rating4.3
This book definitely deserves 5 stars for its new insights and candid storytelling, but I have mixed feelings.
It's been eye-opening in getting a better understanding of things like a VC's perspective or keeping focus while growing (instead of diversifying too much). However, the honesty of Rand can be very intentionally painful and makes you wonder if he would really learn from his mistakes, even though he wrote a whole book about his learnings.