The Wave Rider
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (711 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 144721840X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 228 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He steers his company through the financial crashes of 2000 and 2008, watches in awe as terrorists bring down new york's world trade centre towers, puzzles over the decline of once famous names such as aol and netscape and the rise of new behemoths like facebook and google, wrestles with india's legal system and pushes to bring rediff into the new world of the internet. Venture capitalists, investment bankers and lawyers pound at the doors of his tiny office in a low rent area of mumbai, urging him to take his company public on new york's nasdaq stock market. In 1995 ajit balakrishnan is quietly experimenting with the new and fascinating technologies of the internet in 1995 when the dot com fever grips the world. Gradually, he realizes that the battles he is part of are not just business battles they signal the dawn of the information age.. Balakrishnan sets out on this enterprise, a path that takes him through the world's financial centres of london, hamburg, new york, boston and san francisco. This story recounts how he battles adversaries many times his size, fends off avaricious lawyers who try to extort money through class action suits in the tough courts of lower manhattan, rebuffs investment bankers who try to engineer the sale of his company and tries to make sense of a world where technology and busines
AvidReaderNY said One of the best. The Wave Rider was one of the best business reads of the year for me. It ties together the industrial and technological revolution so succintly and brings back memories of the Internet bubble and boom with real life experiences. We read first hand from Ajit Balakrishnan, a true industry visionary, about what life as a public company is like for a promising Internet company, and what small companies face with the pressures of Wall Street, investment bankers and lawyers. Most important, we really learn from a true entrepreneur!It took me all of One of the best The Wave Rider was one of the best business reads of the year for me. It ties together the industrial and technological revolution so succintly and brings back memories of the Internet bubble and boom with real life experiences. We read first hand from Ajit Balakrishnan, a true industry visionary, about what life as a public company is like for a promising Internet company, and what small companies face with the pressures of Wall Street, investment bankers and lawyers. Most important, we really learn from a true entrepreneur!It took me all of 3 hours to read this book. It's quick, easy on . hours to read this book. It's quick, easy on . Narendra Bansal said Worth a read.. Ajit weaves a story mixed with history, emotion, entrepreneurship, and survival to create a masterpiece in anticipating, navigating and prospering from the waves of change that are constantly upon us. Especially enjoyed the way he connects the "waves" from the industrial revolution to the new digital age. Highly recommended.