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“great book for entrepreneur”
renatovalente wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Fun fast read, but forgettable and some chapters are techy-valley workers oriented.”
Roberto Castro wrote this review Saturday, August 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Soundview Executive Book Summaries deemed this as one of the *30 Best Business Books* for 2009.
Soundview Executive Book Summaries wrote this review Friday, July 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
What you will learn from this title:
• How to raise money to fund your business.
• The truth behind hiring and firing.
• Three keys to the art of branding.
• How to master five valuable principles of innovation.
• How to create a community around an innovative product or service.
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“There is something for everyone in here. Yes, if you follow his blog and tweets, you may have seen this stuff. However, having seen him present at conferences and in a briefing back in 1997, I enjoy all the insight he offers (including the Countryman E6 Mic and graduation tips like, "finish college in six years, tour the world, live off your parents as long as possible." As the parent, I hope my kids will read that last chapter and heed his advice. ”
Bob H wrote this review Wednesday, June 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“If you've read Mr. Kawasaki's excellent "Art of the Start" you'll likely be disappointed. There is a lot of duplicative material in this book, at least 80% of Guy's contributions. The rest is guest chapters and rehashed speeches. There is little to no flow between chapters and sections. Although there is enough decent content to rate this book as worth reading, it does not compare favorably to his earlier work. It comes across as a very low effort work designed merely to give Guy a reason to tour and something to promote. ”
Douglas H wrote this review Monday, June 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“An assembly of his blog postings.”
Trip A wrote this review Sunday, April 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Recycled blog posts and guest chapters/interviews with other authors in exchange for a plug of their own books. Overall it is none the worse for that, although it does lose its focus in the second half.”
John H wrote this review Thursday, March 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A must Read! Excellent Book !”
Alisha W wrote this review Monday, December 15 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
1 of 1 members found this review helpful“Reality Check is a good how-to book for various aspects of starting a company. However, the book scratches the surface on several key issues. I would have liked the book to dive a bit deeper at times into problems that startups face.”
SFan wrote this review Wednesday, November 26 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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