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I've been meaning to do an Ask HN on this, but since we're sort of on the topic, whats a good way for a technical person to learn the basics of business, especi
by russell_h 16y ago
I've been meaning to do an Ask HN on this, but since we're sort of on the topic, whats a good way for a technical person to learn the basics of business, especially as it pertains to startups? Is there some good central source or book that could take me from basically getting things conceptually to knowing all of the jargon, etc?
- joshkaufman 16y agoI wrote a book that will help you: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591843529/ http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591843529/
- mbesto 16y ago50% through it now. Highly recommend! Sidenote - I was surprised that the author of the Economist article didn't use Josh's quoted research from Christian Schraga who estimated the ten-year NPV of a top MBA program is approximately negative $53,000 [1]. If these assumptions are correct, it would take approximately 12 years to just break even. [1] - http://mbacaveatemptor.blogspot.com/2005/06/wharton-grads-caveat-emptor-for.html http://mbacaveatemptor.blogspot.com/2005/06/wharton-grads-ca...
- Maro 16y agoI can't look inside your book on Amazon and it's not available here in E. European bookstores. Do you have a sample chapter or the TOC online?