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Review: The $100 Startup

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Review: The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future by Chris Guillebeau

ISBN-10: 0307951529
ISBN-13: 978-0307951526

PROS:

  • Gives simple advice on doing your own startup.
  • Provides many useful examples.
  • A focus on action.
  • Admits up front your “dream” may not be what you’ll actually end up doing.

CONS:

  • Doesn’t cover everything you’d need, and though it admits it, it’s not complete.
  • Targeted at a pretty sophisticated audience – which might not be you initially.

SUMMARY: A good book to read when you want to found your own startup, and good to give you a kick to get going.  Worth buying and rereading if you’re serious.

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Book Review: Nice Guys Can Get The Corner Office by Russ Edelman and Timothy Hiltabiddle

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Nice Guys Can Get the Corner Office: Eight Strategies for Winning in Business Without Being a Jerk

ISBN-10: 1591842093
ISBN-13: 978-1591842095

PROS:

  • Surprisingly insightful look into nice guys, winning strategies, and personality issues.
  • Has helpful examples.
  • Has organized tips that are focused on actions.
  • Covers both personal and corporate “nice guy” issues.

CONS:

  •  A limited in its look at “nice guys” makes it hard to approach at first.

SUMMARY: A must-read book for people who want to succeed without being a complete ass, even if you’re not always a “nice guy.”

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Employment Search Book Update: Delayed Due To Irony

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OK, my book compiling all my tips from my job search in 2012?  It’s going to be delayed a bit.  It’s nothing with health, or content, or anything else.

I just got laid off.

So, yes, admittedly I could publish it, but I’m going to feel like a bit of a burke publishing a book about a job search when I don’t have a job.  It just wouldn’t be right.

I also view this as a chance to try out the strategies I compiled and expand them.  Admittedly even with two days I’ve found new things to add and validated some others.  But it’ll be delayed for awhile.

I will probably start some of my other projects in the interim, as the book is literally ready to go except for the conversion.  My estimate is it’ll be out 2-3 weeks after I find a new job – so I can do the update, the check, and the conversion.

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.fantopro.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.