Steve A.

This is a textbook and not for entry level.

Revisado: 02-10-22

Hard to review this. It is the first book I feel is not suited for audio format. Imagine listening to someone read a calculus textbook to you. Incredibly dense content full of acronyms. Performance is dry, but the content is dry. Suitable for a graduate seminar in DeFi, not Simone interested in learning about it.

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Mostly a Deep historic dive into a few brand’s seedy past

Revisado: 01-31-22

A lot of history surrounding pre-world war 2 German companies and what they did during the war and their affiliation with the Nazi party. Then a few stories about US companies focusing on what can only be described as disturbed owners and their fringe views or deranged tendencies. I was hoping for less deep dive and more of the quirky interesting stories. Leading off with the history of Coca Cola was the best portion of the book.

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1/8 Crypto 7/8 commodities and swaps

Revisado: 01-18-22

If you are considering this book because of the title, be warned, it is NOT a book about crypto and the US Govt interaction with it. It is a biography that is heavy on names and acronyms AND his experience with crypto and the government regulations (30% of content). Still a good book and interesting look behind the regulatory curtain in the commodities and swaps markets. The last 20% was forward looking and very interesting. I listened to the first 2/3 at 1.7x speed hoping it would get to some real meat sooner than it did.

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Too many ridiculous unfortunate events

Revisado: 07-01-21

I have listened to all the John Clark and Jack Ryan Sr and Jr books and this is the first one with just too much going wrong. Comical levels of mistakes and silly situations in the last 1/3 of the book. The first 2/3 were okay. If you are a fan you will still listen to it. But don’t pick this as your first Jack Ryan book.

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Not one piece of useful information if you are already in a business

Revisado: 06-01-21

Good performance, some interesting stories. Not at all useful if you are running your own small business and we’re hoping to advance your knowledge or skill set. Not a bad listen if you have 14 hours and are just looking for some basic introductory information. However, the middle third is more psychology than business. It is accurate but not business knowledge building.

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So much better than the movie!

Revisado: 01-01-16

What made the experience of listening to The Martian the most enjoyable?

The detail of the narrative.

What did you like best about this story?

Getting inside Mark Watney's head.

Which character – as performed by R. C. Bray – was your favorite?

Watney

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

Any additional comments?

Even after listening and then seeing the movie, I will likely go back and listen again in the future.

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Already dated

Revisado: 01-01-16

What would have made Nolo's Crash Course in Small Business Basics better?

Unfortunately the content has become dated already. While the concepts hold true, the means and method recommended are suffering from the advancements in the Internet.

What could Richard Stim and Lisa Guerin have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Think about making it timeless instead of timely. A bit too much PR for othe NOLO products.

What didn’t you like about Richard Stim’s performance?

Performance was fine.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Content was fair but not really unique. It did a fair job of putting many concepts together into one compact recording.

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