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Negotiation Genius
- How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond
- By: Deepak Malhotra, Max Bazerman
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,247
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,066
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,044
From two leaders in executive education at Harvard Business School, here are the mental habits and proven strategies you need to achieve outstanding results in any negotiation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pragmatic & Powerful Negotiation Methodology
- By Martin Fierro on 09-30-16
- Negotiation Genius
- How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond
- By: Deepak Malhotra, Max Bazerman
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
Great structure for thinking about negotiations
Reviewed: 09-25-20
This book gave me a structured way to think about negotiations. The idea of creating and capturing value stood out to me quite a lot. I really liked the concept of investigative negotiations and the emphasis on being extremely well prepared for every negotiation.
On the downside there were points were the book was a bit of a heavy read requiring focus to get the most out. This wasn’t too often.
Overall, Great read with great method and great stories!
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Straight Talk for Startups
- 100 Insider Rules for Beating the Odds - From Mastering the Fundamentals to Selecting Investors, Fundraising, Managing Boards, and Achieving Liquidity
- By: Randy Komisar, Jantoon Reigersman
- Narrated by: Randy Komisar
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 92
Veteran venture capitalist Randy Komisar and finance executive Jantoon Reigersman share no-nonsense, counterintuitive guidelines to help anyone build a successful startup. Over the course of their careers, Randy Komisar and Jantoon Reigersman continue to see startups crash and burn because they forget the timeless lessons of entrepreneurship. But, as Komisar and Reigersman show, you can beat the odds if you quickly learn what insiders know about what it takes to build a healthy foundation for a thriving venture.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well worth the investment of time.
- By John Shupe on 11-07-18
- Straight Talk for Startups
- 100 Insider Rules for Beating the Odds - From Mastering the Fundamentals to Selecting Investors, Fundraising, Managing Boards, and Achieving Liquidity
- By: Randy Komisar, Jantoon Reigersman
- Narrated by: Randy Komisar
Honest, tough love
Reviewed: 06-23-19
I like the perspective of startup life from the point of view of investors. Most of the points seem to apply to startups with a lot of traction but may also be applicable to early stage ventures. The rules also cover a lot of external stakeholders management which complements the other inward focused books quite well.
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The Phoenix Project
- A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win 5th Anniversary Edition
- By: Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
- Narrated by: Chris Ruen
- Length: 14 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,340
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,568
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,557
Bill, an IT manager at Parts Unlimited, has been tasked with taking on a project critical to the future of the business, code named Phoenix Project. But the project is massively over budget and behind schedule. The CEO demands Bill must fix the mess in 90 days, or else Bill’s entire department will be outsourced. With the help of a prospective board member and his mysterious philosophy of the Three Ways, Bill starts to see that IT work has more in common with manufacturing plant work than he ever imagined.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Theory and Practice merged
- By Peter on 11-23-15
- The Phoenix Project
- A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win 5th Anniversary Edition
- By: Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
- Narrated by: Chris Ruen
Great even for non-IT practitioners
Reviewed: 06-13-18
As a non-IT person, this book gave me insight into some of the challenges faced by my colleagues in IT. The delivery was very engaging and non-intimidating for an outsider. I did however find some of the dialogues in the later chapters to be rather long and not as exciting. Overall, I’d readily recommend this book to just about anyone in any type of business in any role.
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The Innovators
- How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,146
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,087
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,066
Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson’s revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens. What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail?
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4 out of 5 stars
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A History of the Ancient Geeks
- By Mark on 10-21-14
- The Innovators
- How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
Beautifully woven together
Reviewed: 06-07-18
Thoroughly enjoyed this volume that brought together a multitude of stories into one harmonious piece. From the story of Ada Lovelace to the more recent innovators - the book leaves you with an appreciation of the significant figures that shaped the digital age. I must say I have a renewed appreciation of the beauty of such things as the transistor and subsequent innovations.
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The Lean Product Playbook
- How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback
- By: Dan Olsen
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 667
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 550
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 541
The Lean Product Playbook is a practical guide to building products that customers love. Whether you work at a start-up or a large, established company, we all know that building great products is hard. Most new products fail. This book helps improve your chances of building successful products through clear, step-by-step guidance and advice.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Weak Narration Makes for a Boring Listen
- By Trent S. on 11-04-16
- The Lean Product Playbook
- How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback
- By: Dan Olsen
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
Great read for product newbies
Reviewed: 05-31-18
As a product newbie I found this book very useful. The combination of concepts from product market feet, to agile development concepts formed a solid foundation for future product reads. People who have a lot of experience in product design and product management may find the title boring.
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
- Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
- By: Ben Horowitz
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,516
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,269
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,214
Ben Horowitz offers essential advice on building and running a startup - practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn’t cover, based on his popular ben’s blog. While many people talk about how great it is to start a business, very few are honest about how difficult it is to run one. The Hard Thing About Hard Things is invaluable for veteran entrepreneurs as well as those aspiring to their own new ventures, drawing from Horowitz’s personal and often humbling experiences.
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2 out of 5 stars
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For large company managers, not startups
- By Thomas on 03-18-14
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things
- Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
- By: Ben Horowitz
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
One of my best reads ever
Reviewed: 05-08-18
Thoroughly enjoyed this title and found it useful in dealing with challenges in my own startup life.
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