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The New New Thing by Michael Lewis — WisdomDeck honest review
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The New New Thing

by Michael Lewis

Lewis follows Jim Clark, founder of Silicon Graphics, Netscape and Healtheon, through the late-nineties boom. A portrait of restless founder energy and the Valley's logic.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Restlessness drives serial founders.
  2. Timing is half of everything.
  3. The Valley rewards the next thing.

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Serial founder, Lewis-style.

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