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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days (精装)
by Jessica Livingston
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Entrepreneurship |
| Market price: ¥ 258.00
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¥ 248.00
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| MSL Pointer Review:
An eye-opening and inspiring reading for people who plan to start your own business, with the interviews of 32 great founders of tech companies: Be passionate and try something you never having done before. |
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Bryan Kennedy (MSL quote), USA
<2007-05-30 00:00>
I'm the founder of an early-stage startup, and I can wholeheartedly say that this book has enlightened me. The usual problem with books of this vein is that the author only has one core idea and then fluffs it up to get 300 pages. Founders at Work however is like reading a pile of books written by successful founders, each with their own insights and tidbits of useful advice.
You end up reading these real-life, down-to-earth stories about the early days at Apple and Yahoo and PayPal, and you're seeing you and your co-founder right there. Hey! I code in a towel sometimes too! They aren't telling you the glorified stories their PR guys tell them to say. This is the real deal. It's awfully inspiring.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is thinking of starting, or is currently running a startup. |
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Ron Atkins (MSL quote), USA
<2007-05-30 00:00>
Reading biographies about successful people is a great, and entertaining, way to learn about business. In this excellent set of interviews, Livingston delves into the early years of some household name companies, such as Apple, Hotmail, and Paypal. Entrepreneurs will learn how these young startups added value to various products or services in a unique way - often using emerging technologies - to start wildly successful organizations that we have benefitted from. I highly recommend this book. |
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Beja Springer (MSL quote), USA
<2007-05-30 00:00>
I've been looking for a book like this for years. This book makes it easier to see the very first steps to create a successful product and company. The primary themes are an extreme focus on providing value to the customer and an enormous willingness for hard work. You don't have to have all of the answers or all of the contacts to begin. Just begin, persevere, adjust as needed, and focus. Great book for anyone needing a boost in confidence to develop a new product or build a company from the ground up. |
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Michael D. Westover (MSL quote), USA
<2007-05-30 00:00>
I really enjoyed this book. Unlike the monotonous repetitive nature of a lot of recent business books, the interviewee's personality comes out in each interview. It's very interesting to see who methodically progresses their interview versus the more scattershot (and sometimes brilliant) interview. |
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Gregory (MSL quote), USA
<2007-05-30 00:00>
It's awesome to hear from the founders' mouth about their experiences and lessons learned. Every interview has good "soundbite" advice that has been said before, but having it said in the context of real founders' real experiences adds a valuable dimension to the advice. I highly recommend this book to anyone running a business or considering starting a business. It doesn't have how-to material, but to get a glimpse of a founder's mindset and thought process is invaluable. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-05-30 00:00>
Having worked for several start-ups myself, I wanted to see how realistically these founders told their stories. While there is clearly some stretches, for the most part they appear to be sincere. As with any story in Fortune or like publication, you have to know enough to read between the lines, but if you can do that with this book, you can find some very valuable kernals of wisdom that would serve would-be founders well. |
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