Silicon Valley Startup Stories: Inspiring Lessons & Success Tips for Entrepreneurs | Business Growth & Motivation

I've an unfair advantage to most readers, I've actually met and worked alongside Adam (but oddly, at different companies at the time, his startup Sensr.net was incubating within the startup I was then at, Jigsaw).Anyway, my favorite part of the book (so far) is his description of dollar cost averaging, in reverse. I think this is a VITAL piece of solid, simple reasoning if you're ever playing the startup game and you're torn about selling some stock or holding onto it. And really, why wouldn't you want to play the game? Sure, it's a ton of work, but really, anything is and the bonus is you get to work with amazing, hilarious, silly, playful yet tremendously talented folks who really truly believe we are all here to change the universe (hopefully, for the better)! Granted, it rarely happens, but don't you think it a beautiful thought and at least you should try? Somewhere in your soul, it helps to always have faith that you were put here for a reason, and what better reason than to make The Universe (or for starters, your neighborhood) a better place, and in doing so, have a chance at getting rich (whatever your definition of that is, be it a fancy car, a nice house, great vacations, a beautiful wife/husband, wonderful friends, eating delicious food, drinking expensive wine, creating beautiful products, writing software that the majority of the world uses (knowingly or unknowingly), etc).Adam walks you through one person's journey from his unique vantage point, but one that I, as a fellow traveller of 101, 280, and Sand HIll Road, can enjoy and tangentially, relate to. It's a thrilling ride with ups and downs, but honestly, without the thrill of rising and falling, it'd be a really tame ride, wouldn't it?Adam builds on the ethos of Steve Jobs...that feeling that when we're growing up, we're told we should live a nice life, not bang into anything too hard, don't make too much noise. But once you look around, listen, and realize that everything was built by other people, older people, people out of touch with modern ways, and you too can build and make new things better, more hip & cooler things, you feel an energy, a connection to the world that you can't shake and want to create new things that other cool people can use and love! And once you realize that, you'll never be the same. That is the spirit of Silicon Valley. And that is what is in this book.Great book Adam, thank you for putting pen to paper!