The Launch Book: Motivational Stories to Launch Your Idea, Business or Next Career (Concise Advice)
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2018 Axiom Business Gold Medal, 2018 National IndieExcellence Book Award Winner in Business. Read more
Publisher : LID Publishing
Publication date : August 3, 2017
Language : English
Print length : 152 pages
ISBN-10 : 1910649988
ISBN-13 : 85
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 4.72 x 0.38 x 7.09 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,729,479 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #3,299 in Personal Time Management #3,728 in Job Hunting & Career Guides #7,379 in Motivational Management & Leadership
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Format: Hardcover
I highly recommend The Launch Book. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Sanyin Siang and she is an authentic and talented coach and advisor to some of the world’s most accomplished leaders. In The Launch Book, Sanyin utilizes her extensive network and impactful stories to identify the essential ingredients on how to discover and pursue new ideas. As a venture capitalist and investor for the past 22 years, I can attest that Sanyin captured the critical elements an entrepreneur should consider in creating a new business. I both read and then listened to The Launch Book and continually found myself saying, “that is so true” and “exactly”. I am thrilled to have a book filled with easy to understand and effective wisdom that I can pass along to friends as they are launching their next adventure. I have already gifted this book to three people who are each in the process of starting new companies. Additionally, my 18 year old son read The Launch Book and found it to be a helpful roadmap as he launches his college career. Well done Sanyin! I’m hoping for a sequel!
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Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2023 Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2023 by Ian L.
Format: Hardcover
The Launch Book is essential reading for anyone looking for the motivation and tactical steps to launch their next great idea. Sanyin does an incredible job of weaving in inspirational stories from top leaders, behavioral economic theory to support key concepts, and exercises that get you actually applying learnings to real world applications. Of the many sections I booked marked, my favorites included her tips on how to better control your time by intentionally scheduling time for yourself; using the concept that environment matters to find a pump-up song to play whenever you are down; and the chapter about learning to co-create with your customers (I've since directly applied this learning for a personal project). Only 130 pages, Sanyin packs in an incredible deal of content in short, easy to digest chapters that kept me engaged and thinking critically. The book should be required reading for anyone who has a long-shelved ideas or businesses that they've been waiting to launch into action.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2017 by John Belk
Format: Hardcover
a tremendous look at what it takes to successfully start new chapters in life. This book is not just for those trying to start their own business or start a new professional career; it is a wonderful guidebook for charting any new course in life. The mini-stories sprinkled throughout the book show us the winning mentality that so many people have had throughout their personal and professional lives. Would highly recommend this book, it will make you want to make a positive change in the lives of those around you and will inspire you to be your best every day.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2017 by Zach Price
Format: Hardcover
The Launch Book breaks down for the everyday person feasible steps to activate yourself and take the next step and 'launch' into whatever you have previously perceived might be 'just beyond' your reach. By reading candid quotes from business leaders who were once where you were makes the advice given in this book both tangible and believable. The book does not make promises it does not intend to keep, but provides evidence of why launching yourself/a company/an idea can be AWESOME and FUN, your perception of the process is what makes it that way.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2017 by Amazon Customer
Format: Hardcover
If you're into reading these type of motivational books for business or personal development, there's nothing in this book that you probably haven't heard before. If you're new to this type of genre, you might find it interesting and possibly motivational. There are many other books of this type that do a better job of covering the topic of launching a new idea, business, or career. One thing that does stand out is the book's unique design, which is cool, and the bite-sized chapters that can be read in less than 5 minutes. But overall as a life-long learner this book fell short of my expectations.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2024 by Chris from NY
Format: Hardcover
Clear, concise and no nonsense on some really solid tips when you launch. Anytime one launches any new venture, it can be exhilirating, frightening and even a bit of rush filled with adrenaline. The Launch Books helps to chart those choppy waters for any start-up, or new business. It's been by my side since it arrived. It's easy to open, pick up a little business wisdom along the way and get back to work. It's on my best of best list for 2017 as we head into the fall. Read it.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2017 by Alex
Format: Hardcover
The perfect way to spend your Sunday at a coffee shop -- The Launch Book provides a practical look at how to bring your ideas to life. Sanyin Siang uses storytelling to contextualize her advice on leadership and building a new career, brand and/or simply taking a new risk. Highly recommended for any individual looking to start a new chapter in life or work!
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Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2017 by T_Scott
Format: Hardcover
I was very curious about this extremely mediocre book having only five-star reviews, so I started looking at them more carefully. Well, almost all of the reviewers have only reviewed one item, this book, and almost all of them who list a location list Durham, which is where the author teaches. So I think it's pretty safe to say that the author has a lot of friends, colleagues, and students who are willing to write reviews for her. Of course, that in itself doesn't make the book bad. What makes the book bad is that it is a series of stories about successes that mostly seem to be about the individual's immense privilege and spectacular luck. For instance, we're told about a woman who quits her high-level publishing job (where she was on track to become the first female CEO of a major publishing company) to spend more time with her kids. This "launches" her as a successful children's book writer because National Geographic contacts her and asks her to write a series of children's books. Obviously, this is not exactly useful to most people. This is in a chapter called "Be Your Best Self," so I'll just work on that while I wait for National Geographic to call. That's not to say that no one in this book grew up in a nonprivileged way. It's just that by the time they "launch," pretty much everyone is in a high-level career earning lots of money, surrounded by willing mentors and an impressive network. In other words, if you're already in a spectacularly good place in terms of your career and it's not quite spectacular enough for you, this might help. But the author seems blind to the reality of most people's lives and to how big a factor luck plays in most of these stories. She does give lip service to the importance of being prepared to act so that you can take advantage of luck, and that's absolutely a valid point. But the people she profiles start with lives that most of us can only dream of. Aside from that, the book is a collection of stories with a lot of cliched and insubstantial ideas supposedly drawing lessons from the stories. There's nothing here that hasn't been said already in a million how-to-succeed books. I think that a certain type of person might find some of the stories inspirational. For me, they were too far from anything I recognize as reality.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2019 by Just another reader