- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; illustrated edition edition (20 Dec 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 140396131X
- ISBN-13: 978-1403961310
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,504,261 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Haacke offers valuable lessons that individual investors, venture capitalists and business managers should learn before the next cycle of speculative market activity.' - David W. Dorman, AT&T Chairman and CEO
'Frenzy is fascinating and insightful. With remarkable clarity, Carl Haacke cracks the code of how bubbles work and provides important warnings for the future that may be closer than you think.' - William R. Hambrecht, Chairman, Founder, and CEO, WR Hambrecht & Co
'A 'must read' for anyone who might be tempted to think: 'Next time it will be different.' Carl Haacke has analyzed the Internet Bubble with great precision and the lessons he teaches us are essential to understand for the future. I recommend this book highly.' - Tom Perkins, Founder of Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
'Very colorful and authoritative. This book clearly proves that at the end of the day the traditional metrics for measuring the value of companies, their ability to generate real profits and net-free cash flow, is the key to building long-term, successful investments.' - Alan Patricof, Co-Founder, Apax Partners
'Frenzy hit the nail on the head. Bubbles should surprise no one. They're almost forecastible. The dot.com era is no more ridiculous than the pc era of the 1980s or the nifty fifty era of the 1970s or the microprocessor era of the 1960s or the tulip era of the 1600s. Frenzy should help its readers recognize the next cycle of irrational optimism and avoid making the same mistakes that lead investors to go down like the Titanic.' - Don Valentine, Founder, Sequoia Capital
'Frenzy is fascinating and insightful. With remarkable clarity, Carl Haacke cracks the code of how bubbles work and provides important warnings for the future that may be closer than you think.' - William R. Hambrecht, Chairman, Founder, and CEO, WR Hambrecht & Co
'A 'must read' for anyone who might be tempted to think: 'Next time it will be different.' Carl Haacke has analyzed the Internet Bubble with great precision and the lessons he teaches us are essential to understand for the future. I recommend this book highly.' - Tom Perkins, Founder of Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
'Very colorful and authoritative. This book clearly proves that at the end of the day the traditional metrics for measuring the value of companies, their ability to generate real profits and net-free cash flow, is the key to building long-term, successful investments.' - Alan Patricof, Co-Founder, Apax Partners
'Frenzy hit the nail on the head. Bubbles should surprise no one. They're almost forecastible. The dot.com era is no more ridiculous than the pc era of the 1980s or the nifty fifty era of the 1970s or the microprocessor era of the 1960s or the tulip era of the 1600s. Frenzy should help its readers recognize the next cycle of irrational optimism and avoid making the same mistakes that lead investors to go down like the Titanic.' - Don Valentine, Founder, Sequoia Capital
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Despite all the hype, the technology bubble of the 1990s was not driven by the Internet. It was driven by innate human forces that transcend the Internet, the 1990s, the twentieth century, and the United States. Extraordinary, incalculable opportunity frequently creates bubbles. In this situation, people are seized by frenzy and set in motion a cascade of great opportunities, bloated investments, and fundamental challenges to the most brilliant corporate chieftains. Many bubbles have been created in the past, and many more will be created in the future. In Frenzy, Carl Haacke throws open the hood and reveals what really drives the economy. He explores the human dimension behind business bubbles, using the Dot Com bubble as the central story board. He provides keen insight into the colossal mistakes of the past and guideposts for future success. Haacke provides critical lessons for today's business professionals, investors, and entrepreneurs on how to survive the frenzy that drivesthe accelerating waves of innovation and change.
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Clear-headed Analysis of Heady Times
22 Mar 2005
Format:Hardcover
I have to take issue with one of the above reviews. I don't think that "Frenzy" is out to amuse or entertain, so much as it's meant to inform and enrich a wider audience. Indeed, much of Haacke's rigorous analysis neatly bundles together a mountain of disparate and diffuse information and distills from that process what I found to be meaningful lessons for the future (and arguably, the present). I happen to have an MBA, but think that the book will appeal to anyone who is curious about a heady time in our recent past and would like to better understand it with the benefit of historical perspective.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A Must Read For Anyone Interested in Understanding Bubbles
23 Mar 2005
Format:Hardcover
Frenzy is an extremely compelling and insightful book. Carl Haacke takes one through the various stages of a bubble in a very engaging manner with quotations from those who really experienced it, benefited from it, and got burnt by it. It's a
page turning adventure through the most powerful forces that drive the innovative frontier of capitalism.
At the same time, it is chock full of penetrating insights that will grab even the savviest readers. One of the interesting things is that the book does not characterize bubbles as "irrational exuberance" or "group psychology" as many others have done. Instead, it shows how the phenonomenon is driven by very rational people caught in complex market conditions. Frenzy offers very valuable suggestions on indicators of bubbles, and warnings of information distortions during bubbles.
The book also does a great job showing that bubbles are not just about stock market but also about big businesses, small businesses and day to day decision making as people pursue seemingly huge opportunties.
I thorughly enjoyed the book.
page turning adventure through the most powerful forces that drive the innovative frontier of capitalism.
At the same time, it is chock full of penetrating insights that will grab even the savviest readers. One of the interesting things is that the book does not characterize bubbles as "irrational exuberance" or "group psychology" as many others have done. Instead, it shows how the phenonomenon is driven by very rational people caught in complex market conditions. Frenzy offers very valuable suggestions on indicators of bubbles, and warnings of information distortions during bubbles.
The book also does a great job showing that bubbles are not just about stock market but also about big businesses, small businesses and day to day decision making as people pursue seemingly huge opportunties.
I thorughly enjoyed the book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
The Experts are Right -- this is a MUST Read
24 Jan 2005
Format:Hardcover
When the guys who practically invented venture capital, private equity and technology investing recommend a book I listen. Tom Perkins said Frenzy was "brilliant" and a "must read." Alan Patricof and AT&T CEO Dave Dorman both said incredible things about it and they are right! Frenzy is a great mix of engaging, easy to read, providing some easy frameworks for understanding bubbles but also uncovering some really interesting nuances.
You don't hear those adjective much about business books or investing books. But Carl Haacke breaks the mold and creates a terrific book!
Haacke makes a compelling case that bubbles are not rare events that we can ignore once they pass but in fact are everywhere. With really great interviews and solid analysis he gives the reader a fascinating inside look at what drives with some really unexpected insights.
You don't hear those adjective much about business books or investing books. But Carl Haacke breaks the mold and creates a terrific book!
Haacke makes a compelling case that bubbles are not rare events that we can ignore once they pass but in fact are everywhere. With really great interviews and solid analysis he gives the reader a fascinating inside look at what drives with some really unexpected insights.
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