A marvelously succinct introduction to entrepreneurship.
A wide-ranging discussion of how to create thriving entrepreneurial communities with the assistance of online education.
In 2012, while teaching entrepreneurship at the National Economics University in Hanoi,Vietnam, as part of the Fulbright Scholarship Program, debut author Goldberg (Entrepreneurship/Case Western Reserve Univ.) was asked to provide a course on how that Southeast Asian country could emulate the success of California’s Silicon Valley. Instead, he decided to use his native northeast Ohio as a cautionary example—an area that once boomed as a center for shipping and steel manufacturing, but then spiraled into decline in the middle of the 20th century. The seminar was so successful that Goldberg was encouraged to re-create it when he returned to Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, where he’s an assistant professor. This time, it was a massive open online course (MOOC) that spread virally; it was eventually translated into 16 languages. This book is an accessible version of that seminar, roughly divided into two parts: stories about international entrepreneurs adapting to their unique political and economic environments, and a case study of Cleveland’s impressive economic turnaround. Its global breadth is remarkable—the author collects anecdotes about entrepreneurial success in Tbilisi, Georgia; Gaborone, Botswana; and Düsseldorf, Germany, among many other locations, and discusses the political challenges to business innovation in environments such as Venezuela and Iran. Along the way, Goldberg touches upon a host of issues, including government intervention, mentorship, networking, and philanthropy. The author clearly intends this work as an introduction; for instance, he doesn’t take for granted that readers will be familiar with the concept of the angel investor. He also treats each topic synoptically, rather than exhaustively, seemingly designing them as gateways to future study. Nevertheless, the discussions are notably incisive, despite their brevity, and are very candid about both the vices and virtues of MOOC-driven learning. The overarching point of the book is powerful: that the Silicon Valley model isn’t one that can or should be duplicated everywhere, and that there are other equally innovative ways to foster a culture of business ingenuity.
A marvelously succinct introduction to entrepreneurship.Pub Date: May 3, 2018
ISBN: 978-0-9998352-0-3
Page Count: 224
Publisher: CreateSpace
Review Posted Online: May 29, 2018
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.
Pub Date: Feb. 23, 1955
ISBN: 0670717797
Page Count: -
Publisher: Viking
Review Posted Online: Oct. 25, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1955
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