Episode 42: Opsware (with special guest Michel Feaster)
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Notable books mentioned: Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
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A lot of people know the story of the deal from the Opsware side as told in Ben Horowitz's The Hard Thing About Hard Things.
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