{"id":193,"date":"2007-06-10T12:41:59","date_gmt":"2007-06-10T12:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alephnaught.wordpress.com\/2007\/06\/10\/starting-something-an-entrepreneurs-tale-of-control-confrontation-corporate-culture\/"},"modified":"2008-11-02T07:30:41","modified_gmt":"2008-11-02T15:30:41","slug":"starting-something-an-entrepreneurs-tale-of-control-confrontation-corporate-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2007\/06\/10\/starting-something-an-entrepreneurs-tale-of-control-confrontation-corporate-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting Something: An Entrepreneur&#8217;s Tale of Control, Confrontation &#38; Corporate Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-193\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Starting-Something-Entrepreneurs-Confrontation-Corporate\/dp\/1932881018\/ref=ed_oe_h\/104-1868057-9671126?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1181504164&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"NewWindow\">Starting Something: An Entrepreneur&#8217;s Tale of Control, Confrontation &amp; Corporate Culture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hardcover: <\/strong>409 pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher: <\/strong>Ravel Media, LLC (January 15, 2004)<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-10: <\/strong>1932881018<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-13: <\/strong>978-1932881011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I got this book from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inbubblewrap.com\/\" target=\"NewWindow\">inbubblewrap.com<\/a> ; another really good business book from them.<\/p>\n<p>This is the story of Neoforma, a medical equipment and supply company that was part of the dot-com bust.  Its written by one of the founders, Wayne McVicker.  Its a meteoric story that takes you from deep fear (&#8220;will there be enough money to pay the bills&#8221;) to spectacular (&#8220;we&#8217;re valued at like 100B USD&#8221;) to the resigned (&#8220;our stock is tanking&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>The thing I liked the most was the honestry Wayne has in delivering both the good decisions and the bad ones.  He analyzes what was done and has some reasonable opinions on what a better course might have been.  Its a very educational book written in a very accessible form.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-193\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 193);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-193\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-193\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: Starting Something: An Entrepreneur&#8217;s Tale of Control, Confrontation &amp; Corporate Culture Hardcover: 409 pages Publisher: Ravel Media, LLC (January 15, 2004) ISBN-10: 1932881018 ISBN-13: 978-1932881011 I got this book from inbubblewrap.com ; another really good business book from them. 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