Billionaire who wasn’t by Conor O’Clery A book about Chunk Feeney, the co-founder of Duty Free Shopping, ranked 23rd richest man who gave away all his money, mostly anonymously until people discover he don’t even own a house or a car. (Incidentally, I realized I was an indirect benefactor of Chunk after reading his book […]
Tag: Books
Recent Books I was reading
Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, Fourth Edition The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East Soeharto: The Life and Legacy of Indonesia’s Second President
Supermoney
Supermoney by Adam Smith
Communities Dominate Brands
Communities Dominate Brands by Tomi T. Ahonen & Alan Moore Actually I blogged about this book in 2005. But Tomi just send me the book with an autograph (thanks!), I am obligated to mention this book again. Although written two years ago, the content is still as relevant today as it is back then. In […]
The Starfish and the Spider
The Starfish and The Spider by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstorm A friend recommended me the book 2 months ago. I went to Borders only to be told it will only come out in end Oct. It is a long wait but probably worth it. I havent read it yet but heck, the book has […]
Success Build to Last
Success Build to Last by Jerry I. Porras, Mark Thompson, Stewart Emery The same author of Build to Last :)
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela Got this on my way back from South Africa. I am lost for words…
On my way….
It was a crazy back in Singapore. Less than 4 hours of sleep daily, running from meetings to meeting in the day time, and then chucking out reports in the evening and reviewing contracts in my sleep. Gosh, I havent even see my daughter and wife for the last 48 hours! Now, I am on […]
日本語.jp
Prof. Goto gave me a copy of this book last week at the APAN meeting. It is a book about the history of IDN and the long journey we took to reach “日本語.jp”. :-) I wish my Japanese is good enough to read it tho. But flipping through the book, I saw names and photos […]
Good to Great
Good to Great by Jim Collins