Tag: Books
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From Book to Business: How ‘Unreasonable Hospitality’ Transformed My Airbnb Hosting
When I first started renting out spare bedrooms in my house on Airbnb, little did I know about hospitality. It quickly became evident to me that my modest offering of a few spare bedrooms simply couldn’t match up competing with larger properties with amenities like pools, spas, and scenic patios. Then, How do I create…
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Transformed by Marty Cagan
Transformed Indeed! It is not everyday that you run into who’s who of Product Management. From Sachin Rekhi to Hiten Shah… I started my product career reading Marty’s book – Inspired. Now, he’s back with a new book about shifting from a feature factory to product operating model Stories about lesser known businesses such as…
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Book Review: Zero to One
Unusual insight by Peter Thiel – founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies – from his book Zero to One. On failure of Solyndra and a dozen other cleantech startups between 2008 – 2012: “The most obvious clue was sartorial: cleantech executives were running around wearing suits and ties. This was a huge red flag, because…
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Book Review: The Outsiders
A great tale of lesser known eight unconventional CEOs, who ran their companies to maximize shareholder value. A dollar invested in these companies, on average, became $688 during 25 years these CEOs were at the helm, easily dwarfing the returns from S&P! What these 8 CEOs had in common? They were master capital allocators! Whereas…
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Book Review: The Hard Thing About Hard Things
How NOT to give feedback: Shit Sandwich! Remember those early self help “management” books that suggest if you’re giving someone critical feedback you do it in three steps: 1. Start by appreciating the person – “the bread”2. Critical feedback – “the shit”3. End by talking positive attributes of the person – “the bread” Essentially, shit…