Raafat Zaini

Fascinating history and analysis

Revisado: 12-16-24

Loved the storytelling and the balance between technical and organizational details. My favorite quote is, "Real men have fabs."

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It's brilliant! You truly feel like you're experiencing life with the SapacX team.

Revisado: 12-07-24

This captivating story is filled with technical, logistical, social, and organizational details. Eric immerses himself in the narrative, making it feel as though he is right there, breathing down his protagonist’s neck. This is not a book that merely praises the accomplishments of SpaceX and Elon Musk; it delves much deeper.

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Great story from someone who did it all

Revisado: 11-20-22

I want to crown a book in 2022. This is the one. Tony takes us in a long journey that kept evolving in between different types of failures. Be it technological or organizational. Along the way Tony collected many nuggets, digested them, and evolved them to design stellar products like Apple’s iPod and iPhone, and the nest thermostat. In Build, shares profound lessons not only about products but also about teams and organizations. What makes them unique is they don’t follow the conventional wisdom of software based products companies. There is a huge difference when it comes to hardware products and Tony gives it all.

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What a journey!

Revisado: 07-31-22

I liked the attention to detail in all the phases of the story since it starts in the 1920’s up to now. The thinking behind the products and marketing is just phenomenal. Plenty of leadership lessons to learn from. I also enjoyed learning about the beauty industry and all the innovation that takes place in the background. Estée Lauder is a great innovative company. It’s a family in business and not a family business as the author asserts. Long but fulfilling.

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Detail filled historical walkthrough

Revisado: 02-04-22

I liked the story nature of the narrative. It makes for a good movie. Although the beginning is very much intertwined with the war in Vietnam to the point that DARPA’s role was only related to this matter. There is no clear organizational evolution of DARAPA or how it operates.

In between the lines you get the gems like DARPA does pre-requirement research so be the time the need arises it’s already too late. Other like DARPA funds questions that someone is energized to attempt to answer them.

Overall, it’s worth the listen. Narrator is excellent and being the author was great too.

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Took me into the future

Revisado: 07-11-21

Fabulous experience with amazing detail and voice performance! Highly recommend for potential space miners and space enthusiasts and more!

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Good listen,

Revisado: 03-21-21

Differentiating between Decision Quality and Decision Outcomes was an AHA moment for me. Getting to know about the society of decision professionals was great takeaway. I think DQ and System Dynamics are a perfect match.

Highly recommended but requires the accompanying pdf heavily. If you are a car listener, you need to spend time on the pdf to get the full experience.

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Fascinating journey

Revisado: 01-22-21

Fascinating journey through the life of humanity. Too assertive on the side of religions though!

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What a great ride!

Revisado: 01-24-20

Great book. Specially loved the leadership lessons summary chapter. Need to listen to the book to appreciate them.

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A GoPro view to an astronaut’s journey!

Revisado: 11-06-18

Mike tells a great story with an outstanding audio performance. I liked his fine details that sometimes got me to hold my breath as I waited for what’s going to happen next. His journey is a lesson in GRIT and gives a behind the scenes in an astronaut journey from the ground to 350 miles up. Highly recommend!

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