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I originally purchased this book because I thought it was required
reading for someone like me who works in Silicon Valley. However, after
a few chapters, I realized this could be one of the top ten business
books of the decade and...it was fun to read.
Here is why I found it so enlightening:
-The
book was filled with anecdotal stories of incredible financial and
business growth challenges, potential technology disasters and public
opinion/communication crises--that for the most, were handled swiftly
and successfully. Valuable lessons learned were scattered throughout
the book, cover to cover. The author made you feel like you were part
of the team taking the company through its first five years of
phenomenal growth.
-Mark Zuckerberg. You will learn about one of
the most visionary CEOs of our time by the way he handled the above
mentioned situations, his passion for transparency, philosophy on the
"gift economy" and vision of global communication and via a number of
direct quotes that the author chose to include (and noted below):
"The
best thing we can do is to move smoothly with the world around us, and
to have constant competition, not build walls."(commenting on the
possible integration of Facebook across the Web)
"We're a vehicle
that gives people the power to share information, so we are driving
that trend. We also have to live by it." (commenting on user backlash
and potential government intervention)
-Finally leveraging social
media as a global communications platform; the book contains a bevy of
inspirational examples of the potential for positive change--a glimpse
into the future, that we should all be aware of.
