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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
Excellent insight on what makes the Four, the Four. Combines a variety of unique analyses to identify key attributes that separate them from the competition. Also takes a look at the future, both best-case and worst-case, and the potential Fifth Horseman .
funny
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fast-paced
Started off with high potential. Literally nothing was shocking or hidden and this guy clearly is upset with NYTimes over his beef with the ceo/heir guy. Skipped most of it
The author has been showing up in a few places because of his comments on the ongoing WeWork IPO fiasco.
Chewed through this in an afternoon. The book is a couple years old but an impressive amount of information is still relevant. This is a good example of a book written by a consultant that actually imparts some unique wisdom instead of the same tired cliches.
My general impression is that the ideas are well thought out but a bit too surface level. I would have appreciated a deeper dive on many of the claims. The book can at times a bit scatterbrained, as if the author hadn’t quite synthesized his conclusions. The horseman analogy was a bit too cute for my liking. Those minor detractors are more form than function however and the book as a whole seemed well represented. I don’t know about “hidden DNA” but this was a good, well organized, look at four highly influential tech companies. I’d throw Microsoft into the mix as of 2019 because of their growing market share in the Cloud Space. As of Q3 earnings in 2019 they’re #2 in the space and it represents a significant area of growth.
Unexpectedly decent career advice at the end.
Chewed through this in an afternoon. The book is a couple years old but an impressive amount of information is still relevant. This is a good example of a book written by a consultant that actually imparts some unique wisdom instead of the same tired cliches.
My general impression is that the ideas are well thought out but a bit too surface level. I would have appreciated a deeper dive on many of the claims. The book can at times a bit scatterbrained, as if the author hadn’t quite synthesized his conclusions. The horseman analogy was a bit too cute for my liking. Those minor detractors are more form than function however and the book as a whole seemed well represented. I don’t know about “hidden DNA” but this was a good, well organized, look at four highly influential tech companies. I’d throw Microsoft into the mix as of 2019 because of their growing market share in the Cloud Space. As of Q3 earnings in 2019 they’re #2 in the space and it represents a significant area of growth.
Unexpectedly decent career advice at the end.
An interesting analysis of the big 4 companies and how they appeal to us, captivate us and become so ingrained into our everyday lives it would be hard to imagine life without them!
According to the book description and the author's own claims he "pulls back the curtain on exactly how Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google built their massive empires". But there is nothing new in this book if you are even mildly interested in tech news. Alas, I learned nothing new except for the occasional bit of information or interesting story that I had not heard of yet. Sadly the author tends to mix these up with a bit of saltiness (so many companies failed because they didn't listen to his great advise) and sometimes over-simplistic and blatantly weird statements (I have an iPhone and that only because I want to procreate and give in to my animalistic drives).
This book may be a nice read for people who don't follow tech related news. For everyone who does, it provides no new insights (at least not more than the wikipedia articles of the mentioned companies).
This book may be a nice read for people who don't follow tech related news. For everyone who does, it provides no new insights (at least not more than the wikipedia articles of the mentioned companies).
informative
reflective
fast-paced
This book presented a lot of interesting information but was pretty chaotic in its structure. Additionally the author injected weirdly unneeded opinions like "Fuck Steve Jobs/Apple" and "Sorry Caitlyn, you'll always be Bruce Jenner to me."
informative
reflective
medium-paced