Review:For anyone who is intrigued to learn more about current technological ecosystem. Plenty of insights on what turned those firms to become what they are + some super awesome advices re navigating your way as an employee or an entrepreneur. Read more

Review:Reviewing this book is sort of like reviewing Mt. Rushmore, or the battle of Gettysburg or George Washington. Because it's monumental.

It literally changed the way the public thought about advertising. And it actually changed the way people inside advertising thought about themselves. It definitely changed the kind of people who would do advertising. And it even got Roger Sterling to write his own book.

Written in short bursts - shorter often than the copy he preferred to run in pr... Read more

Review:Very interesting analysis of how there oil tycoons came to be. From their father, who was a founding member of the John Birch Socity to one of the brotheres who won the America's Cup its a good read. Shows the scary side of what big dollars can do in today's political venue. Read more

Review:Although I found the success story to be most interesting, I was a bit uncomfortable with the dogmatic, almost religious, flavor of their successes.
The business story seemed formulaic as if their way was and is the only way. Sign up and follow the prescribed way that we have tested or leave the organization. Hard to argue with their successes over a tried and true career. However, I think the intent was prescriptive. As a bit of a nonconformist, I had to keep asking myself if this was th... Read more

Review:Knowing nothing about leveraged buy outs, I found this book to be very educational. It is extremely well written and rivals the best fiction books for suspense and intrigue. It's a non stop page turner that clearly shows the effects of greed and ego can reek havoc on companies and their employees as well as the country's economy. Read more

Review:Interesting book from the point of view of Andrew Grove about the strategic shift in Intel from memories to microprocessors. Andrew Grove takes the Intel case as a starting point and makes a compelling general approach to inflection points in business and in one's professional life. Read more