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Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure (Hardcover)

by Jerry Kaplan (Author)

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Hardcover: 322 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade) (31 Oct 1995)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0395711339
ISBN-13: 978-0395711330
Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 3 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)

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The author offers an insider's account of the cutthroat entrepreneurial environment of Silicon Valley, detailing his struggle to start up a computer company, put together a team of software designers, and bring to market his unique product.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, nicely written, with a whodunnit style..., 12 Nov 2001

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This review is from: Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure (Paperback)

Good book, I liked it a lot. I have lived a couple of startup by myself, it's not a manual or a cookbook for business. It's a nice novel, telling the adventuros story of a Silicon Valley startup.
And you will read it in a couple of days, since it's written like a thriller, but it's a startup life which is just thrilling, isn't it?

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3.0 out of 5 stars To GO or not to EO, 25 Sep 1998

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I bought the book amidst lot of hype from my friends and relatives who have read this book. I didn't find it so exciting as to place it on the top shelf. This book definitely gives a very close encounter with the 'happenings in a corporation's entire life' in silicon valley. Some useful insights into how the industry works, which include dealings with Apple, IBM, AT&T, Microsoft are captured very well. Slightly boring in parts. And a completely one-sided view of the world, obviously.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, the 1st "Silicon Valley Start-up Book", 7 Dec 1999

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I read this title about 3 years ago, before the current tidal wave of silicon valley gold mine books. It makes for excellent, emotional reading, particularly when Jerry is describing his tears as he and Mitch Kapors dreams of pen computing on board his private jet!

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4.0 out of 5 stars I was riveted to this book.
Just finished this book and found myself anticipating the next chance I could find to read what happened next to GO, a company with a seemingly unshakeable future but doomed by... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Must read!
I was going through a discount store, and the unattractive cover caught my eye. I don't know why, but I'm glad it did. I've now read it 5 times.. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Please see my commend for "Burn Rate".
In our B-school's case study, Harvard's cases are used quite often. But they do have shortcomings, especially the comprehensiveness of a tale. Read more

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good insight into the industry, Some surprises
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!
Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure is a must read for anyone interested in starting up their own technology company or anyone interested in how Microsoft, IBM, AT&T and Apple... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and fun -- this was a very enjoyable book!
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4.0 out of 5 stars A must for any entrepreneur!!
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Published on 9 April 1998

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