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#1 In 2007, Kleiner Perkins was approached by engineers who had named their startup after Nikola Tesla, the legendary inventor. They had partnered with a wildly successful PayPal entrepreneur who was now chairman of the board. They wanted to pitch their idea.
#2 The world must replace all gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles with a fleet of zero-emissions cars, trucks, and buses...
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Get the Summary of Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson's Venture Deals, 4th Edition in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: How do venture capital deals come together? This is one of the most frequent questions asked by each generation of new entrepreneurs. Surprisingly, there is little reliable information on the subject. No one understands this better than Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson. The founders...
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Get the Summary of Sabri Suby's Sell Like Crazy in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: How do I know? Well, five short years ago I was dead broke. I'd just started my business from a rented bedroom. With no more than $50 and an old computer that my girlfriend bought me. I was desperately searching for clients and practically "begging" people just to speak with me.
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Get the Summary of Dana K. White's ‘How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind’ in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: Do you experience heart palpitations at the sound of an unexpected doorbell? Do you stare in bewilderment at your messy home, wondering how in the world it got this way again? You're not alone. But, there is hope for you and your home.
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#1 By removing distractions and getting to the point, the LFC process is more efficient and effective than traditional therapy. It also allows clients to focus on what's important and get to satisfaction quickly.
#2 Laser-Focused Coaching is similar to traditional therapy in that it removes distractions and gets to the point. However, it differs in that it focuses on...
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#1 I was fucked. But something happened that made me rethink my life choices. I'm not sure if it was divine intervention, but three weeks after the $10,000-a-month loss, I got a call from a woman who wanted to invest in my business. This would have been a perfect opportunity to rebuild the business's capital base and save the day, but that woman wasn't interested in investing...
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Get the Summary of Javier Blas and Jack Farchy's The World for Sale in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: The World for Sale lifts the lid on one of the least scrutinized corners of the world economy: the billionaire commodity traders who buy, hoard, and sell the earth's resources. It is the story of how a handful of swashbuckling businessmen became indispensable cogs in global markets,...
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Get the Summary of Stanley Tucci's Taste in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Taste is a reflection on the intersection of food and life, filled with anecdotes about his growing up in Westchester, New York, preparing for and shooting the foodie films Big Night and Julie & Julia, falling in love over dinner, and teaming up with his wife to create meals for a multitude of children. Each morsel...
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Get the Summary Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey's Driven to Distraction in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Procrastination. Disorganization. Distractibility. Millions of adults have long considered these the hallmarks of a lack of self-discipline. But, for many, these and other problems in school, at work and in social relationships are actually symptoms of an inborn neurological...
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Get the Summary of Renee Engeln's “Beauty Sick” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Today's young women face a bewildering set of contradictions when it comes to beauty. They don't want to be Barbie dolls but, like generations of women before them, are told they must look like them. They're angry about the media's treatment of women but hungrily consume the very outlets that belittle...
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Get the Summary of Rabbi Daniel Lapin's Thou Shall Prosper in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: A practical approach to creating wealth-based on the established principles of ancient Jewish wisdom-made accessible to people of all backgrounds
The ups and downs of the economy prove Rabbi Daniel Lapin's famous principle that the more things change, the more we need to depend upon the things...
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Get the Summary of Richard Rumelt's Good Strategy Bad Strategy in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Good Strategy Bad Strategy" by Richard Rumelt dissects the essence of true strategic thinking versus the pitfalls of bad strategy. The book illustrates effective strategy through historical and corporate examples, emphasizing the importance of a unified approach that aligns actions with clear objectives. Apple's resurgence...
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Book Preview: #1 The order to abandon ship was given at 5 P. M. For most of the men, however, no order was needed because by then everybody knew that the ship was done and that it was time to give up trying to save her. They accepted their defeat almost apathetically.
#2 The dog-team drivers had made a canvas chute down to the ice alongside the ship. They took the forty-nine huskies...
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#1 The left has completely lost its mind. It is now authoritarian and puritanical, and it has replaced the battle of ideas with a battle of feelings. It has replaced honesty with outrage.
#2 I was a closeted gay man for twenty-five years, and it nearly broke me. I developed a habit of downing bottles of cheap red wine alone in my apartment. One day in September 2001,...
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#1 George Halas, the founder of the NFL, was a former football player who got fired from his job as a safety expert for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad because he was unable to stop playing football. He met with the general manager of the A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company and proposed starting a professional football league.
#2 George Halas, the founder...
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#1 It's not the sight of a grizzly that causes fear, but the suspicion of one or two or ten. Behind every tree, beyond every turn, and inevitable. It's just a matter of time until the grizzly jumps out of the shadows and gobbles you up.
#2 Anxiety is a meteor shower of what-ifs. What if I don't close the sale. What if we don't get the bonus. What if we can't afford braces...
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Get the Summary of Hua Hsu's Stay True in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Stay True" by Hua Hsu is a memoir that intertwines Hsu's college experiences, his friendship with Ken, and the immigrant narrative. Hsu reminisces about his college days at Berkeley, filled with late-night drives, music, and the search for identity. He reflects on the paradox of time, the significance of photographs, and the bond with his...
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#1 Humans are the most intelligent beings on the planet, but we are also the most arrogant. Our intelligence falls short of reminding us of the truth that we may not know everything or be able to solve every problem.
#2 The definition of intelligence is subjective. It can be used to learn new things, deal with new situations, and apply knowledge to manipulate your environment....
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Get the Summary of Cathy O'Neil's “Weapons of Math Destruction” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly the decisions that affect our lives-where we go to school, whether we get a car loan, how much we pay for health insurance-are being made not by humans but by mathematical models. In theory this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone...
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#1 The fat from a whitetail deer is waxier than beef fat and has a higher melting point. It can be pretty off-putting, and it doesn't always have a good flavor. I once threw away a pile of trimmed fat, but magpies and gray jays loved it so much that they learned to associate humans with food.
#2 The most important thing about the fat incident was a shift in the relationship...
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