Archive for: Business Book Review
Book Review: Call to Action by Bryan Eisenberg
There was a point after working at Facebook that I figured I am the web business god. I could create any web business and all my judgments were spot on. Damn, I was so wrong. I lacked a key thing that I am sure so many people over look. Measuring and testing! I recently started [...]
Book Review: Ugly Americans by Ben Mezrich
Quickly becoming one of my new favorite authors, Ben Mezrich writes another tale about Ivy league students doing amazing things. This is a tale about a Princeton student taking an uncertain Japanese job over a traditional NYC banking gig. It chronicles his experience with one of the biggest trades ever, Geisha houses and dealing with [...]
Book Review: Losing my Virginity by Richard Branson
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 run [...]
Paid Announcement: Speed of Trust by Stephen Covey
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 [...]
Book Review: The Monk and the Riddle by Randy Komisar
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
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. [...]
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