Valley Boy by Tom Perkins

This one was a total yawner at first. It gets interesting when he describes his early start up failures, and some of the lessons learned.

While he’s lead a pretty darn interesting life, it just didn’t read well for me. What I got out of this book (or the first 100 pages that I read) -

  • work your ass off
  • you will make plenty of mistakes and bad decisions, just keep on trudging ahead and don’t be afraid to screw up. be sure to learn from your mistakes!

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