Book Review: Losing my Virginity by Richard Branson

December 14th, 2006 5 Comments Noah

I was walking around the business section of my library last week and saw something about virginity and picked it up. Luckily it was a fantastic read by Richard Branson. I read this in a week and loved it. Richard Branson does not preach the ways to be successful or the right ways to [...]

Paid Announcement: Speed of Trust by Stephen Covey

December 4th, 2006 9 Comments Noah

My friend Liz from Gather.com sent me this book and I was supposed to do a review on November 30th that goes here. I didn’t have the time to read it but here are some notes:

1- I did not get a chance to do a review of the book since two are in the queue [...]

Book Review: The Monk and the Riddle by Randy Komisar

November 27th, 2006 5 Comments Noah

I read this book about 2 weeks ago and bought it right away for 2 close friends. This was a great book by an active person in “The Valley” and knows what it takes to make a successful company. Randy Komisar wrote a captive read that highlights how the right passion with a successful team [...]

Book Review: Linked by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

November 9th, 2006 3 Comments Noah

Are you on MySpace? Are you old school and have a Friendster account? Do you remember the website Six Degrees? My friend Noah Brier lent me this book in New York and I was surprised I never heard about it before. I would say this book laid the foundation for all research on social networks. [...]

Book Review: The PayPal Wars by Eric Jackson

October 2nd, 2006 5 Comments Noah

How many of you use PayPal? How many of you like PayPal? Personally, I was ripped off more than $1,500 using PayPal and it has taken time to heal that wound. Regardless, someone recommended the PayPal Wars to me and I loved every page of it. A very quick read about the very tough times [...]

Book Review: The Game

September 25th, 2006 22 Comments Noah

Last week in Los Angeles I was crashing at my friend Grant’s studio and I saw this bible-looking book on the ground. I read the title “The Game: Penetrating the secret society of pickup artists” and it sounded interesting. I started reading the book and couldn’t stop. It is the Da Vinci code of dating [...]