The Monk and the Riddle, Randy Komisar
The Monk and the Riddle, Randy Komisar
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The Monk and the Riddle
The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living

Author: Randy Komisar, Kent Lineback

Narrator: Randy Komisar

Unabridged: 5 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/10/2018

Synopsis

What would you be willing to do for the rest of your life...? It's a question most of us consider only hypothetically-opting instead to ""do what we have to do"" to earn a living. But in the critically acclaimed bestseller ""The Monk and the Riddle"", entrepreneurial sage Randy Komisar asks us to answer it for real.

About Randy Komisar

Randy Komisar is a venture capitalist with decades of experience with startups. He is the author of the best-selling book The Monk and the Riddle, about the heart and soul of entrepreneurship, as well as numerous articles on leadership and startups. He is also the co-author of Getting to Plan B, on managing innovation, and I F**king Love that Company, on building consumer brands. He taught entrepreneurship at Stanford University and is a frequent lecturer at universities, as well as a regular keynote speaker on entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership. He joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 2005 to focus on early stage ventures. Prior to that he created the role of “Virtual CEO” to partner with entrepreneurs to help them and their businesses achieve their potential, serving as Virtual CEO for such startups as WebTV and GlobalGiving. He was a co-founder of Claris Corp., and served as CEO for LucasArts Entertainment and Crystal Dynamics. Randy was a founding director of TiVo and Nest.  He served as CFO of GO Corp. and as senior counsel for Apple, following a private practice in technology law. He has also served on dozens of private and public company boards and advises such organizations as Road Trip Nation and the Orrick Women’s Leadership Board.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessie

What I enjoyed most about this book is that its point is simple, yet important: people succeed in Silicon Valley / Tech because they are committed to a goal above and beyond making money. I work in the tech industry and we're always hearing about people we know or loosely know making big money by hav......more

Goodreads review by Matthew

How This Resonates With Me: The author’s opinion of the interdependent relationship of work and life is something I believe in wholeheartedly. Life is brief, and it’s wasteful to spend time doing things that do not align with your passions or gifts. The brevity of life is a lesson my friend Shannon d......more

Goodreads review by Christin.P

If you’re a first-time entrepreneur looking for ways to fund your business but are unsure how to approach potential Venture Capitalists successfully, this book would have to be on your reading list. Its key “Do’s and Don’ts before, during and after pitching to VCs” are practical and illustrated in e......more

Goodreads review by Alejandro

Excellent short book about prioritizing our own excellence, which is really all we can control! “Why not do hard work because it is meaningful, not simply to get it over with in order to move on to the next thing?” Having a concrete narrative flow alongside the business tips was definitely a fun plus......more

Goodreads review by David

I teach an entrepreneurship class to law students and assign The Monk and The Riddle to the class. It is a great book for law students to read because it forces them to think about why they are going to law school, what they are hoping to get out of it, what will ultimately make them happy. While th......more

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