Re:The Pmarca Guide to Startups, Part 9: How to hire a profe...
by davidw on Saturday September 01, 2007 @12:34PM
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Beyond repetition, actually regurgitating, in your own words, what you've read is pretty helpful. I've found that, in doing summaries for my site Squeezed Books (http://www.squeezedbooks.com), that I've digested some things a lot more than if I had only read them. Anyone and everyone is welcome to try their hand at summarizing some business books for the site - absolutely free;-)
I've had some thoughts about ways to include essay/non book summaries, but so far I haven't bothered - stuff that's free on the internet is usually short enough to read, because it hasn't been inflated with fluff in order to make a book out of it.
Re:The Pmarca Guide to Startups, Part 9: How to hire a profe...
by adamsmith on Friday August 31, 2007 @03:43AM
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Haha. My two favorite startup books: High Stakes No Prisoners, and Founders at Work.
(btw, who are you? email me at [email protected]?)
Re:The Pmarca Guide to Startups, Part 9: How to hire a profe...
by staunch on Friday August 31, 2007 @03:58AM
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I bought High Stakes No Prisoners and never got around to reading it. Then I gave all my precious books away when I moved (big mistake). Thanks a lot for mentioning it! I have to buy it again. I can't wait to read it.
(I'm no one. Just Another Startup Hacker. Not a YC founder or anything.)
One problem is that I've re-read (and re-listened) to everything PG and Pmarca have ever posted on the damn internet, many times over. Now I just re-read the best ones for the 20th time. I read/listen on the train, at lunch, and at the park so my appetite is insatiable. Need. More. Content.