![]() ![]() Learnings: meet people and build a strong team Flew to Cali to meet head of CAA, great people on his team. If you have to eat shit, don’t nibble: when they had to announce their revenue forecast was off, they could go a little under then lose trust if they had to reduce again, or go low and do it once.Much better than chapter 1, more concrete examples, more “hard things”.Hopefully things pick up as the book progresses ( edit after completion: yes it does! Excellent book, highly recommended).How was it to have a family and work at a startup? What were the hours like? How did you balance tech and management? (Maybe too early and it will come, but everything was just miraculous how it ended and he wants you to know that!).So far, all the “hard things” are left out.Most stories are: things were bad, we struggled, all is well now.Seems like everything came easily, it works out in the end.Chapter 8: First rule of entrepreneurship: there are no rulesĬhapter 1: From Communist to Venture Capitalist.Chapter 7: How to lead even when you don’t know where you are going. ![]() Chapter 6: Concerning the going concern.Chapter 5: Take care of the people, the products, and the profits - in that order.Chapter 1: From communist to venture capitalist.Below are my notes, gut reactions, and raw thoughts from each chapter. Recently I read “The Hard Thing About Hard Things” and took notes throughout. Leaders are readers and with that in mind, I push myself to read as often as I can. ![]() The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Chapter Notes ![]()
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Please be aware that the sidebar in 'old' Reddit is no longer being updated with informative links about Book Clubs, AMAs, etc. ![]() Home of the magic search button and endless book recommendations as well as discussions about tropes and characters, Author AMAs, book clubs, and more. R/RomanceBooks is a discussion sub for readers of romance novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() I must be as revolting to others as I am to myself" (p 65). When I come to a lake, I know I must metamorphose once more. The story is told as though the Ugly One is somewhat narrating to herself: "I run at first randomly. She has iron teeth, can shape-change and cannot bleed or cry. She flees, leaving behind her cherished daughter, and the story picks up with the one most of us are familiar with-but with more details. She serves her village well for many years until she makes a fatal mistake one day and is from then on doomed to serve demons as a witch. The novel begins with The Ugly One as a pious Christian midwife and follows her as she is encouraged by a neighbor to become a healer-a sorceress. This version of the famous story of Hansel and Gretel and their encounter with a candied house and the witch inside is told from the perspective of the witch. ![]() ![]() The Nationalists, led by Gen. Francisco Franco, defeated the Republican Army. ![]() The rest of Victor's family – father Marcel and mother Carme, along with Marcel’s student Roser Bruguera – is steadfast on the side of the losing Republican cause. The war, often historically overshadowed by World War II, which quickly followed it, is a brutal precursor of the horrors to come. ![]() Victor joined the Republican Army in 1936, along with his brother Guillem, while still in medical school. Victor Dalmau, a young medic caring for the wounded during the Spanish Civil War, restores the beating heart of a young soldier with the caress of his fingers. Isabel Allende’s latest novel, “A Long Petal of the Sea” (Ballantine, 336 pp., ★★★ out of four), begins, as it ends, with the heart. View Gallery: Winter reading guide: This season’s must-read books ![]() ![]() ![]() She is survived by her children, Jimmie (Rita), Rose (Gordon Gillis), Edward (Nadine), John (Starr), Bradley (Cathy), Pat (Marie), Blair and Lee (Shirley) dearly loved daughter-in-law, Kathy grandchildren, Darryl (Francine), Shirley (Stephen), Gordon (Mandie), Vanessa, Karen (David), Charlene (Howard), Darren (Jenna), Janene (Colton), Stephen Scott (Evelyn), Brian (Shauna), Patricia (Chris), Bradley (Courtney) and Kaitlyn (Blake) great-grandchildren, Samantha, Arianna, Stephanie, Sophie, Gordie, Leander, Mackenzie, Shauna, Becky, Jillian, Ryan, Paisley, Jaycee, Mila, Cole, Eva, Mia, Claudia, Melissa, Cora, Breton and Nadia four great-great-grandchildren, Olivia, Rosie, Rowan and Leah. Price (1987) her son, Steve (2021) grandson, Gregory (1981) brother, Charlie (Alberta) Ley sister, Kathleen (Joseph) Burke and brother-in-law, Nathen Kennedy. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, James L. Do you know where that is?” She would then proceed to explain the beauty and the history of her part of the world. When introducing herself, Mom would say, “I am Mary Price from Little Lorraine. Mom was born Mary Margaret Ley to the late James and Catherine (Lahey) Ley on June 2, 1932, in Little Lorraine. ![]() It is with gratitude for her life and sorrow in her death that the family of Mary Price announces her passing on February 14, 2022. ![]() ![]() ![]() After a brief stint with Earl Harbinger in Northern Michigan during MONSTER HUNTER ALPHA I was pleased to be back under the narration of Owen Pitt, combat accountant. This is book four of the Monster Hunter series, and this series is still going strong. There is trouble brewing and it will be up to Owen Zastava Pitt and his co-workers at Monster Hunter International to prevent a nightmare creature from turning Sin City into hell. ![]() ![]() Not long into the conference a World War II weapon experiment awakes in the desert and goes on a rampage, spurring a race amongst the international hunting community to bag this rare monster. Hunters from around the world travel to Las Vegas for the first ever monster eradication conference. Not my favorite of his novels, mind you, but certainly the most complete and substantial. That said, MONSTER HUNTER LEGION is Larry's most flawless book to date. I am a critic first and foremost and I do not believe in coddling authors. This does not, however, mean that I will ever give Larry a free pass when it comes to a review. I am a Monster Hunter/Grimnoir Chronicles fanboy. ![]() May I humbly present to you MONSTER HUNTER LEGION, fourth book of the New York Times Best-Selling series written by pulp fiction juggernaut Larry Correia.ĭisclaimer: Larry Correia is my favorite author. That magical time signaling the announcement of another book release from the reigning champion of urban fantasy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The companies have also been approached by Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating alleged ties between Russia and the Donald Trump presidential campaign.įor all the repercussions of Trump’s presidency, among the most surprising may be the hostile scrutiny that has sprung up of America’s star-dusted tech companies, as awareness dawns of how Russia took advantage of the companies’ platforms – and their highly profitable obsessions with targeting individuals and content sharing, minus oversight – to elevate Trump and attack Hillary Clinton. Executives from Facebook, Google and Twitter have been called to give sworn public testimony before a US congressional panel early next month about what happened on their platforms in the run-up to the presidential election, now almost a year ago. The Sandberg interview was part of a first wave of damage control by Facebook in a crisis that is just beginning to compound. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1952 he was chosen as the National Volunteer-in-Chief of the Defiance Campaign with Maulvi Cachalia as his deputy. He completed his BA through the University of South Africa and went back to Fort Hare for his graduation in 1943. He then did his articles through a firm of attorneys – Witkin, Eidelman and Sidelsky. There he worked as a mine security officer and after meeting Walter Sisulu, an estate agent, he was introduced to Lazer Sidelsky. They ran away to Johannesburg instead, arriving there in 1941. ![]() On his return to the Great Place at Mqhekezweni the King was furious and said if he didn’t return to Fort Hare he would arrange wives for him and his cousin Justice. Mandela began his studies for a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University College of Fort Hare but did not complete the degree there as he was expelled for joining in a student protest. ![]() He completed his Junior Certificate at Clarkebury Boarding Institute and went on to Healdtown, a Wesleyan secondary school of some repute, where he matriculated. He attended primary school in Qunu where his teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave him the name Nelson, in accordance with the custom of giving all schoolchildren “Christian” names. ![]() ![]() ![]() "It may be psychobabble but I sometimes think I rehash that period of my life in my books,” Carle told The Guardian in 2004. The author later speculated that he was drawn to the chunky, vibrant colors of painted tissue paper collage in part as reaction to the grimness of his childhood. When Carle's father returned, he wasn't the warm, encouraging paternal figure the then-18-year-old remembered from before the war, but a distant and broken man. His father was drafted into the German army and was captured by the Soviets, and was away from the family for 8 years. World War II cast a bleak pallor of violence and loss over Carle’s childhood. It was 1935-so precisely the wrong time to move back to Europe. But when Carle was 6, his father relocated the family back to his native Stuttgart, Germany. The Very Hungry Caterpillar's bright colors contrast a dark period in Eric Carle's childhood.Įric Carle was born in Syracuse, New York, on June 25, 1929. Here are a few things you might not know about The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Eric Carle's bright, beloved children's classic about an insatiable caterpillar has been collecting awards-and fans-since it was first published in 1969. ![]() ![]() ![]() I have never encountered so many single-child families represented in a middle grade book. ![]() The one weird thing I've noticed, though, is a lack of siblings. Adults are supportive, for the most part - no Dahlian parents or teachers here! You know, had my middle school been peopled with these characters, I'd have had crushes on 90% of the population, both teachers and students! Shyness, bullying, social acceptance, competition, working together, friendship, forgiveness, parental pressure to succeed, family fighting, and daily middle school survival are all themes in this story.Ĭharacters have defined personalities beyond the way they're drawn, which are built up further in Brave. Regardless, it's a great start, following the very likeable and relatable Penelope as she enters a new school and makes a mistake the very first day, a gaffe that haunts her for weeks to come. Everything that comes off so gracefully in the next book - diverse characters, middle-school problems, family problems - feel a little more forced, less organic, in this first volume. Awkward is a little awkward, it doesn't quite have its flow, yet. I'm glad I read the second book, Brave, first because it put this one into a more favorable context I think I'd have been peevish in my reading had I not known what comes next. ![]() |