The document summarizes a book based on the entrepreneurial journey of three Harvard Business School graduates from 1998. It discusses the business scenario of the late 1990s, including the dawn of the dotcom industry and era of "Irrational Exuberance." The book uses real life situations and scenarios, with odd-numbered chapters containing stories and even-numbered chapters focusing on key learnings.
3. Based on the entrepreneurial journey of 3 Harvard Business School
batch of 1998 from classroom to boardroom.
Name : Marc Cendella
Marla Malcolm
Hails from : San Diego Michel
Name :Christopher
Oakland
Worked from:her entrepreneur dad since 7
Hails with Illinois
Workingin an export-import firm.
Later launched his own Co. in the US Navy
Served McKinsey & export-import
Worked atas a Lieutenant
company
4. Business scenario of 1990s
Dawn of the dotcom industry
Era of “Irrational Exuberance”
Netscape’s share price from $28 to $75
in a single day
Yahoos IPO opened at $24.50 a share and
jumped to $43
5.
6. The quality of a man's life is in
direct proportion to his
commitment to excellence,
regardless of his chosen field of
endeavour.
Vince Lombardi
7. I’ll bet the military.com guy was in the military ;
I’ll bet the woman who started the make up
company really likes lipstick.
Stig Leschly
8. Its not what you look at that matters , it’s what you see.
Henry David Thoreau
9. One right and honest definition of business is mutual helpfulness.
William Feather
12. Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what
they want to achieve
Coach Tom Landry
13. Art is making something out of
nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa
14. It does not matter how slowly you
go so long as you do not stop.
Confucius
15.
16. Set in the business scenario of late 1990s
Real life situations and scenarios
Odd –numbered chapters have stories
Even – numbered chapters have key learning