Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition
Oct 2008 · Sold by Penguin
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"Don't even think about trying to launch a startup without reading Guy Kawasaki's Reality Check." -BizEd
For a quarter of a century, in his various guises as an entrepreneur, evangelist, venture capitalist, and guru, Guy Kawasaki has cast an irreverent eye on the dubious trends, sketchy theories, and outright foolishness of what so often passes for business today. Too many people frantically chase the Next Big Thing only to discover that all they've made is the Last Big Mistake.
Reality Check is Kawasaki's all-in-one guide for starting and operating great organizations-ones that stand the test of time and ignore any passing fads in business theory. This indispensable volume collects, updates, and expands the best entries from his popular blog and features his inimitable take on everything from effective e-mailing to sucking up to preventing "bozo explosions."
For a quarter of a century, in his various guises as an entrepreneur, evangelist, venture capitalist, and guru, Guy Kawasaki has cast an irreverent eye on the dubious trends, sketchy theories, and outright foolishness of what so often passes for business today. Too many people frantically chase the Next Big Thing only to discover that all they've made is the Last Big Mistake.
Reality Check is Kawasaki's all-in-one guide for starting and operating great organizations-ones that stand the test of time and ignore any passing fads in business theory. This indispensable volume collects, updates, and expands the best entries from his popular blog and features his inimitable take on everything from effective e-mailing to sucking up to preventing "bozo explosions."
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4.7
7 reviews
Frank Caron
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April 19, 2016
Some great insights, trimmed with a few conscipuous name drops of no material value to the reader other than an appeal to credibility. Largely relatable in spite of that, though, if you've been around the block and likely useful if you haven't.
Timo Uustal
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July 16, 2020
A must read for start-up founders! Covering all aspects of starting with a successful business.
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علي محمد مهدلي
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October 10, 2023
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About the author
Guy Kawasaki, who helped make Macintosh a household name, now runs Garage Technology Ventures, a venture-capital firm. He has held his workshop, “Boot Camp for Start-ups,” around the world. Kawasaki is the author of seven previous books, including Rules for Revolutionaries.
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