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BOOK SUMMARY: NO RULES RULES

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No Rules Rules book is written by Reed Hasting and Erin Meyer . This book is about Netflix and the culture of reinvention. Reed tells that Blockbuster is a thousand times of Netflix. He suggested that Blockbuster purchase Netflix and then they would develop and run blockbuster.com as their online video rental arm. The CEO of Blockbuster, John Antioco listened carefully, he asked, how much Blockbuster would need to pay for Netflix? When he heard Reed’s response $5 million he flatly declined. Marc and Reed left crest fallen. Little by little, the world changed and Netflix business stayed on its feet and grew. In 2010, Blockbuster and declared bankruptcy. By 2019 only a single Blockbuster video store remained in Bend, Oregon . Blockbuster had been unable to adopt from DVD rental to streaming. Netflix had pivoted from DVD by mail bushiness to become not only an Internet streaming service with over 167 million subscribers in 190 countries but a major producer of our own TV shows and...

WHY THIS BOOK: NO RULES RULES

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No rules rules book is written by Reed Hastings who is Netflix co-founder & CEO and Erin Meyer . This book is about Netflix and the culture of reinvention. In the book we read the culture of Netflix. This book is based on talent density, condor and responsibility. I had the privilege of learning from Reed personally and studying the Netflix culture. The insights in this book are invaluable to anyone trying to create and sustain organizational culture. - Satya Nadella , CEO of Microsoft Reed Hasting learned early what it takes to build an enduring great company. Here in no rules rules, he and Erin Meyer teach the culture that propelled Netflix into one of the most distinctive and impactful companies on the planet . Packed with vivid specific, they illustrate how Hastings melded a spicy concoction into a framework of freedom and responsibility. Well written and fast paced, timeless and timely, inspired and practical, smart and wise read it and learn...

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1. A Walk Up the Hill Author: Madhav Gadgil Publisher: Penguin Allen Lane Print Length: 412 pages Release Date: 21 August 2023 Price: ₹672.00 (price may vary) Review Madhav Gadgil was born in Pune in 1942, just as Salim Ali 's superbly illustrated Book of Indian Birds was published. Influenced by his birdwatcher father, he learnt to recognize birds from their pictures even before he could read. He is an unusual combination of a person fascinated by the diversity of the natural world, of the landscapes and the life they support, as well as the diversity of cultures and lifestyles of the people firmly rooted to India's soil . He has dedicated himself to intellectual pursuits ranging over mathematics , natural and social sciences , history and public policy . This book is an account of his life walking up and down the country's hills and dales, watching peacocks dance and elephants prance, living among fisherfolk on the west coast, horticulturists on Western Ghats , a...

CREATIVE WRITING COURSE #4 RULES OF CREATIVE WRITING

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SOURCE: PIXABAY Read to write better. Everyone who wants to be a writer, he must do first thing to read a lot. The person can learn a lot from reading a lot of all kind of literature . There is no one in the world who can become a good writer without reading good literature. Here reading does not refer reading casually for entertainment or because for time pass. The thing that matter is to read critically, analysing for oneself every detail of the work, asking questions at every step as to why the writer has devised his plot in a particular manner or has made the character act the way they do, and whether it could have been done in any other style. Reading from long time in this manner grows up a writer’s equipment. The reader grows his vocabulary . It generally provides ready answers to the questions which crop up in process of writing. Allow your experience to ripen. The observation and experience which you get from the life surrounding, should not write on paper as it is. That ...

BOOK REVIEW: DO EPIC SHIT

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Do Epic Shit book is written by Ankur Warikoo . I read this book in almost four hours not continuous. In the book it is clearly written at the introduction that it is simply a reminder of everything we already know. It does provide some truth we need to hear or read often. The author here shares some of the mistakes he made in life and how they led him to write the book . He also wrote various opinions and insecurities and each page comes with a different point. This may not be a good suggestion for regular readers. For the beginners, the language is simple and straight forward content may help you start with the process. Ankur Warikoo mentions, the book is great to play book cricket. You can open a random page any day and take some thing worth knowing. It is a collection of impressions that Ankur Warikoo experienced and reflected in his life. This give a glimpse of nuggets of wisdom spread throughout the book . Ankur warikoo writes about his personal life what drove to finish this b...