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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. #1 In 2007, Kleiner Perkins was approached by engineers who had named their startup after Nikola Tesla, the legendary inventor. They had partnered with a wildly successful PayPal entrepreneur who was now chairman of the board. They wanted to pitch their idea. #2 The world must replace all gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles with a fleet of zero-emissions cars, trucks, and buses...

Get the Summary of John C. Maxwell's Leadershift in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: In Leadershift, John C. Maxwell helps leaders gain the ability and willingness to make leadership changes that will positively enhance their organizational and personal growth. He does this by sharing the eleven shifts he made over the course of his long and successful leadership career. Each shift changed...

Get the Summary of Sanjay Gupta's World War C in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: Gupta argues that we need to prepare for a new era where pandemics will be more frequent, and possibly even more deadly. As the doctor who's been holding America's hand through the crisis with compassion, clarity, and well-earned wisdom, he gives you the unvarnished story behind the pandemic, including...

Get the Summary of Trey Gowdy's Doesn't Hurt to Ask in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: You do not need to be in a courtroom to advocate for others. You do not need to be in Congress to champion a cause. From the boardroom to the kitchen table, opportunities to make your case abound, and Doesn't Hurt to Ask shows you how to seize them. By blending gripping case studies from nearly two...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 We are energy, and our matter, mind, and thoughts are energy. We are multidimensional beings made of pure energy. The degree to which we know this truth about ourselves is the degree to which we live in pain or in bliss. #2 I was shocked to find out that my father had left everything to my two brothers, excluding me. I felt cut out of my father's will, which felt...

Get the Summary of Brianna Madia's Nowhere for Very Long in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: A woman defined by motion, Brianna Madia bought a beat-up bright orange van, filled it with her two dogs Bucket and Dagwood, and headed into the canyons of Utah with her husband. Nowhere for Very Long is her deeply felt, immaculately told story of exploration-of the world outside and the spirit...

Get the Summary of Steven E. Koonin's Unsettled in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Fascinating, clear-headed, and full of surprises, this book gives readers the tools to both understand the climate issue and be savvier consumers of science media in general. Koonin takes readers behind the headlines to the more nuanced science itself, showing us where it comes from and guiding us through...

Get the Summary of Eddie Jaku's The Happiest Man on Earth in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Born in Leipzig, Germany, into a Jewish family, Eddie Jaku was a teenager when his world was turned upside-down. On November 9, 1938, during the terrifying violence of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, Eddie was beaten by SS thugs, arrested, and sent to a concentration camp with thousands...

Get the Summary of Robert T. Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad For Teens in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: You're never too young to learn the language of money... and the lessons that rich dad taught Robert. Like it or not, money is a part of our everyday lives and the more we understand it, the better the chance that we can learn to have our money work hard for us - instead of working hard...

Get the Summary of Howard Marks' Mastering the Market Cycle in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: We all know markets rise and fall, but when should you pull out, and when should you stay in? The answer is never black or white, but is best reached through a keen understanding of the reasons behind the rhythm of cycles. Confidence about where we are in a cycle comes when you learn the patterns...