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Summary: Once again, Kawasaki shows how to "evangelize"
Review: Readers familiar with Tom Peters and similar business gurus probably won't find anything truly "revolutionary" here. But Kawasaki distills some of the best such thinking into one little volume that's a great read... and far less annoying than the dime-a-dozen brag books of ego-tripping CEOs. "Rules" is a tremendous motivator and inspiration (note to managers: if you're looking for holiday gifts for your people, quit looking). Especially fun is the list of "bozoisity" in the conclusion. My only real quibble with the book is its title: true revolutionaries, after all, don't follow rules...
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Summary: Solid Advice
Review: Rules for Revolutionaries does a good job of presenting many good suggestions for succeeding with a new product and/or company. It also presents interesting reasoning why numerous companies repeat the same mistakes (called death magnets in the book). The book is well written, with considerable humor and history thown in to make it more enjoyable.
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Summary: I am a Revolutionary, not just another Entrepreneur
Review: Thanks Guy. Now that was a great book, I always wondered what I should call myself. Entrepreneur never seemed enough. Everyone with an MBA, claims to be an entrepreneur. The Entrepreneur From Hell, did not sound correct either. I am a Revolutionary, that is what I am. Thank you for the insight and thoughts, I needed that. I will recommend this book to everyone who has what it takes to go the distance. Hope we meet someday, Lance Winslow III The Car Wash Guy
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Summary: Interesting, concise guidebook
Review: This book is a very concise guidebook on product evangelism. The author was Apple Computer's chief evangelist, and I myself an Apple evangelist, really enjoyed the author's description of the product evangelism process, of which I was part as a customer. The authro uses some analogies, like "eat like a bird, poop like an elephant", which oozes unconventional thinking, however the topics he addresses are pretty standard. Rather than innovative thinking, I think this is a good way of repackaging thoughts into a coherent framework. It seems to try to speak to the actors of the internet revolution in their language, which in many ways alienates some of the other audiences. However, if we ignore this segmentation, it is a pretty nice, short guide.
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Summary: Revolution versus Innovation
Review: This book is humorous and frank while practical for individual innovators who by nature can be shy yet brilliantly creative. It says you've got to believe in yourself, and unfortunately it says that mainstream organizations will likely take your ideas and repackage them into mainstream boring product improvements. The revolutionary must be willing to take personal risk including entering a startup if the "immune system" and "in the box" thinking of the corporate systems is to be avoided. Key innovation lessons in this book (even if you don't want to totally "revolt") are: test prototypes of your idea early, often, and fast and expect it to be full of bugs and fail initially - value customers even small ones if they tell you exactly how to improve your idea and what it would take for them to buy it over other options. Focus on differentiating your product if you want a piece of the market. At the end of the day, the book teaches teaches how to communicate/deliver new innovations in terms customers and marketplace understand and value. Less emphasis was made about technically how to innovate.
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Summary: A great read!
Review: This is a great book for people for people who want to make a difference - If you're content with corporate ladder-climbing and love to think "inside the box", you will probably feel threatened by most of Guy's ideas. This book stands out from the business book crowd because it's packed with "exercises" for real-life application. I really enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone venturing into a new career or a new life. A must read if your in an Internet start up....
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Summary: A great investment if you're going to change the world
Review: What I love about Guy's work is that his books are readable and entertaining memoirs of life "in the trenches" from a person who has been there and lived (make that prospered) to tell about it."Rules For Revolutionaries" first caught my interest as an on-line discussion forum dealing with the challenges of bringing revolutionary products into the technical market. The forum continues, and is the greatest resource I have ever seen for people contemplating developing a new product and looking to find venture capital backing. "Rules for Revolutionaries" should be considered required reading for anyone wishing to join that discussion forum.In my 17 years in the high-tech world, the best advice I've come across are found in the "Churn, baby churn" and "Death Magnets" sections of the book - and "Don't Let Bozosity Grind You Down" is wonderful tonic for the times that the Corporate Bozo's are doing just that.In short, the Dilbertesque managers of the world may find fault with "Rules for Revolutionaries", but for those truly looking to kick down the walls of their cubicle cells, this book is a pardon from the governor.
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