dario9r6's review

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Will catch up with It later

walkerj22's review against another edition

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inspiring slow-paced

4.0

jrobles76's review against another edition

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5.0

There's a reason this book is recommended reading for anyone thinking of starting a business! It has great ideas that even an existing company could use to help make their business better.

The book is primarily focused on tech start-ups, which makes sense, but even if you're planning on starting a brick and mortar store you can adapt the ideas to fit your business.

Definitely read whether you're planning on selling cupcakes or software.

jdintr's review against another edition

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I read this book after I had read Kawasaki's newest one, Reality Check. One can never get enough of Kawasaki's brusque, authoritative style, and he lays things out for start-ups concisely. However, I found the books to cover much of the same ground. AotS is basically the first half of RC.

jolibon4e's review against another edition

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funny informative medium-paced

3.5

kinda funny but too generalising for me, still a lot of useful practical advice

chrisshorb's review against another edition

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Old advice
Tone was condescending

rmichno's review against another edition

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2.0

Seems meant for Silicon Valley entrepreneurs instead of a regular person starting a small business.

illymally's review against another edition

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4.0

This is a lot of new language for me, and it was a helpful primer on startups, even though I'm not in silicon valley (and it is definitely geared toward tech)

lanttu's review against another edition

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informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0