I have been reading Free to Choose: A Personal Statement by Milton and Rose D. Friedman on and off last a couple weeks. To read this book, we need to know first that this book was published in 1980. The global environment was very different then. That said, much of the content I find convincing … Continue reading Free to Choose: A Personal Statement
Month: September 2017
Morrie: in His Own Words
Many people know about Morrie Schwartz from the book Tuesdays with Morrie, written by his student Mitch Albom based on fourteen visits on Tuesdays. I was one of these people; I read Tuesdays with Morrie a few times over the decade. Tuesdays with Morrie is a small volume with a quiet power to clear … Continue reading Morrie: in His Own Words
Introduction to Information Retrieval
Introduction to Information Retrieval is my book of the week. It is co-authored by Christopher D. Manning, Prabhakar Raghavan and Hinrich Schütze. The authors generously make the e-version of the book freely available to the public. I benefited from this generosity and read the pdf version. It is very convenient to follow the links in … Continue reading Introduction to Information Retrieval
Venture Deals
My book this week is Venture Deals by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson. The most valuable lessons from this book to me are demystifying the funding process, sharing the “secrets” about the venture capital industry in a plain and clear way, and providing many very concrete recommendations on what matters more and what does not … Continue reading Venture Deals