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Reaching Escape Velocity

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I was fortunate enough to meet Steve Roberts at Sun Microsystems when he was working on BEHEMOTH. Prior to that, I read his column on Compuserve, typed on a TRS-80 model 100 on an even earlier bike. Steve has always been an inspiration, who challenges my thinking about what is possible. I couldn't believe that someone having this much fun playing all day could also make it a viable lifestyle. But he has always found a way to combine his passions and turn his work into play. He left cubicle-land and never looked back. But a lot of people standing in his wake always ask themselves "how does he do that?"

Well he is finally sharing his secrets. After inspiring you to follow your craziest dreams, this is a book that will give you the nuts and bolts of how to do it. While the book is geared at a fairly specific niche of activities, it is good reading for anyone into gonzo engineering, gonzo marketing, getting a groundswell of support for anything, project management, PR, etc. It really gives you the tools for thinking outside the box, and then finding unconventional funding and support for making things happen. This is a textbook in innovation on the human level. Dare to dream, read the book, and then dare to implement!

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