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Who moved my cheese is a charming and entertaining book that uses a fable to show how to handle change which can be stressful in work and life. It's a pretty popular book and I wouldn't be surprised if you knew this book. Having said that, I believe the book is worth coming back as... Continue Reading →
Black Edge by Sheelah Kolhatkar is a riveting true-life legal thriller that takes readers inside the government's pursuit of one of the biggest player on Wall Street. To some extent, it is also about the hedge fund industry which got started around 1950, however, the current form is known for 30 years. Specifically, the book... Continue Reading →
The end of the year is always good for recapping so when it comes to me: 1 book a week challenge accomplished (since February 15th)45 books read (and 45 reviews written)368 pages per book (on average)16,560 pages read in total51.9 pages a daynew perspectives and experiences – countless I wish you all the best in... Continue Reading →
Rand Fishkin is the founder of Moz formerly known as SEOmoz. Since then the company has grown to become one of the world leading SEO tools. As you may guess, the book “Lost and Founder” goes through the entrepreneurial path of the author, however, as its subtitle suggests, it is as a kind of a... Continue Reading →
The Quest is a study of energy policy and its implications in international politics and economics. But first of all, I think it would be useful to make a short introduction of the author of the book, Daniel Yergin. Time magazine said - if there is one person whose opinion matters more than any other... Continue Reading →
The book starts with the story of a company named Farecast in 2003. Oren Etzioni at the University of Washington is on an airplane. He decides to ask other passengers how much they paid for the seats. And it turns out that one person paid one fare, and another person paid another fare. Of course,... Continue Reading →
Based on my research I could say that the book has opened many minds to the failure of being in a paid job where they sacrifice their time for poor money. The book says something like being in a paid job will never make you rich, owning your own business will. A business model, following... Continue Reading →
Bad blood. The best business book of 2018 according to Financial Times and McKinsey. The book offers an astonishing, absolutely amazing and deep story of Theranos, a faked company which was famed for its blood testing methodology, and its founder, Elizabeth Holmes. The book is very easy to read, written by John Carreyrou, a journalist... Continue Reading →
The title of the book is really fitting. I assume that everybody knows something about Arnold Schwarzenegger, obviously known for his films. But I think that only some of you know that in his young age he was a very successful bodybuilder, he was Mr. Olympia, Mr. Universe or something like that several times. Eventually,... Continue Reading →
