Steve Wozniak

Four unique “cradles” of entrepreneurship in business history

September 16, 2019

Before there were vehicles and garages, there were sheds…and no doubt before them there were caves in which primal innovations such as fire, wheels, and spears were envisioned. One of the most famous modern locations was in Småland in southern…

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The Introvert’s Complete Career Guide: A book review by Bob Morris

February 18, 2019

The Introvert’s Complete Career Guide: From Landing a Job, to Surviving, Thriving, and Moving on Up Jane Finkle Career Press (February 2019) People never underestimate you without your permission. In Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t…

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Quiet: A book review by Bob Morris

February 1, 2019

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking Susan Cain Broadway Books (2013) How and why our location on “the introvert-extrovert spectrum” influences most (if not all) of our decisions and opinions I recently re-read this…

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10 Interesting Facts About Steve Jobs

January 30, 2019

Here is an excerpt of an article about Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli’s biography, Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader (2015) that I came upon at the celebritychest5 website. It reveals ten interesting…

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Steve Jobs: Insights from Walter Isaacson’s biography

May 11, 2018

In 50 Business Classics series, Tom Butler-Bowdon includes his discussion of Walter Isaacson’s brilliant biography of Steve Jobs. These are among the dozens of insights that caught my eye: o At first, Isaacson refused to write the biography of someone still…

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The Introvert’s Edge: A book review by Bob Morris

March 31, 2018

The Introvert’s Edge: How the Quiet and Shy Can Outsell Anyone Matthew Pollard AMACOM (2018) “Why should I care?” Years ago during dinner with a very prominent venture capitalist in San Francisco, I asked him how he and his colleagues…

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Becoming Steve Jobs: A book review by Bob Morris

April 12, 2015

Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli Crown Business (2015) The Steve Jobs most people did not know…until now In Becoming Steve Jobs, Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli attempt…

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The Steve Jobs most people did not know…until now

April 3, 2015

I have just read and am now in the process of re-reading Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader, co-authored by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli and published by Crown Business (March 2015). Although…

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Conf!dence: A book review by Bob Morris

October 26, 2013

Conf!dence: Overcoming Low Self-Esteem, Insecurity, and Self-Doubt Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic Hudson Street Press/The Penguin Group (2013) How and why “low confidence is the result of failure but the source of success” In this thoughtful and thought-provoking book, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic observes, “The…

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Gina Trapani on That Old “Design by Committee” Chestnut

June 1, 2013

Gina Trapani is the lady who has made it to the top 10 richest bloggers of the world and is the owner of Lifehacker. The site has always been an inspiration for many people because the main focus is given…

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