Reading Time: 2 minutesCalvin Kasulke Several People are Typing ISBN: 978-0-385-54722-2 This book review is an interesting one, because I usually don’t review fictional works (unless you count some of the material in the autobiographies of famous entrepreneurs, which I review from time to time.) Most of the fiction I read has nothing to do with business or … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 6 minutesOn my 40th birthday in October, I sat down and began to think back on life so far – something about a milestone birthday will make one do that. In the last ten years, and especially the last three or so since entrepreneurial events restarted post-corona, I’ve made a ton of progress forging a career … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 2 minutesSteve Case The Rise of the Rest ISBN: 978-1-9821-9184-9 Have you ever read a book that feels like it was either rushed to print or was composed of the remnants of multiple books that couldn’t stand on their own? Steve Case’s most recent book, The Rise of the Rest, felt like both of these things. … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesMario Livio Brilliant Blunders ISBN: 978-1-4391-9237-5 Most of the books I review in this series are strictly business or entrepreneurship focused. I read a great deal of historical non-fiction as well, but those books don’t really fit the purpose of the blog. However, when history meets innovation, the opportunity for a cross-over event can’t be … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 8 minutesAt this time last year, still in a jetlagged time haze and reorienting from living on the other side of the world for a month, I started as Director of Undergraduate Incubator Programs at The University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center. I showed up the first day of the fall semester under the impression … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesCurtis R. Nelson The Recipe for Business Success ISBN: 978-1-61623-035-7 “This book is for all businesses” is a bold claim to have at the beginning of a book and is the reason I picked up a copy of The Recipe for Business Success by Curtis R. Nelson, the CEO of the Entrepreneurial Development Center in … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 10 minutesLast time I wrote, I was waist-deep in preparing for the Undergraduate Incubator Summer Track, my 11-week experiment in accelerating 16 student businesses from super-early stage to a point where they are beta testing a product or generating revenue. We have four stages in the program – idea, startup, traction, and growth – and the … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesJason Feifer Build for Tomorrow ISBN: 978-0-593-23538-6 Over the past three years, the world has completely changed. The coronavirus pandemic changed the way people and companies do business, and changed the way people view work-life balance and the time spent with family and friends. These changes are ongoing and are probably happening much faster than … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 2 minutesJon B. Fisher, Gerald A. Fisher, and Wallace Wang Strategic Entrepreneurism: Shattering the Start-Up Entrepreneurial Myths ISBN: 978-1-59079-189-9 I’ve read a lot of books over the years, including my fair share of books that were just written to stroke the ego of the author. When you have a successful career, you want to brag about … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesThomas Abt Bleeding Out ISBN: 978-1-5416-4572-1 Urban violence is a major problem in the United States. It receives a great deal of coverage in the press, and pundits on all sides of the issue continue to weigh in each time there’s a major event or an election in any of America’s largest cities. Solutions have … [Read more…]