“The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves” by Matt Ridley My rating: 2 of 5 stars THE GOOD: Ridley’s first and most consistent argument is that specialization (the ability of one person or organization to do one thing while another does another thing) and exchange (the ability to trade the products of those two things) setContinue reading “Review: The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves”
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Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story by Alexander FreedMy rating: 2 of 5 stars I read this hoping for something that would fill in the gaps and plot holes of the movie (as the novelization of The Force Awakens did) but I was unfortunately disappointed. This book doesn’t fill in any gaps or explain awayContinue reading “Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
Book Review: Run With Power
Run With Power: The Complete Guide to Power Meters for Running This is a really good first effort in the nascent world of running by power. There are three potential audiences for this book: Triathletes who are already accustomed to cycling by power – this book “translates” cycling power principles and training guidelines to the worldContinue reading “Book Review: Run With Power”
Recommended Entrepreneurship Books
I made the following entrepreneurship book recommendations on Quora, so thought I’d share them here as well: I use the following two books as course texts in my entrepreneurship course: Effectual Entrepreneurship – Real data and evidence-based research on successful entrepreneurs The Startup Owner’s Manual – Steve Blank’s step-by-step guide to launching a venture (annoyinglyContinue reading “Recommended Entrepreneurship Books”
Mixed Media
Last week marked several milestones for me regarding different forms of media: 1. I finished listening to the entire Jimmy Buffett discography chronologically and am now well prepared for the July 5th concert in London. Speaking of which, I still have an extra ticket for that show if any Parrot Heads are looking to join.Continue reading “Mixed Media”