Well, I wrote about this book 2 times (in my posts Tough Chick - Sarah Lacy and Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good) and tweeted about it multiple times. I guess the title of Sarah Lacy’s book, Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good is obviously right on! I was approached yesterday about featuring a book giveaway on my blog for this book - given how much I liked the book, how could I pass it up?
The teaser for the book on Sarah’s website states:
“Business reporter Sarah Lacy chronicles the lives of several different people trying to get their dreams off the ground. Max Levchin, the savvy founder of PayPal, looks for another hit with a “web widget” company. Kevin Rose tries to grow his “social news” site Digg.com while ! playing the part of Web 2.0 poster boy. Marc Andreesen, the legendary founder of Netscape, comes back to the game seeking to found his third billion-dollar company. Mark Zuckerberg watches Facebook grow from his dorm room at Harvard into one of the most powerful sites on the Web as he tries to avoid the spotlight. While following these entrepreneurs, Lacy brings to light the entire Web 2.0 scene: the wide-eyed but wary founders of startups, the hated venture capitalists, the bloggers fueling the hype, the programmers coding through the night on Red Bull and takeout, the twenty-something millionaires, and the internet “fan boys” eager for all the promises to come true.”
I honestly LOVED this book and it made me feel as if I actually knew many of the founders of some of the top names in the tech world right now. As I said in my 2nd post about this book, it was a fast and intriguing read that brought me deep into the world of Silicon Valley startups. Any tech junkie will love the book for its inside look at the tech scene and more about the entrepreneurs who brought us our favorite new online toys.
Win It!
I’ve already passed my copy of the book on to my brother, but here is your chance to win 1 of the 10 copies of the book that have been offered as prizes to my readers!
There are 3 ways to enter - you can do all 3 of them for 3 chances to win. Each person can only win 1 time, but more entries equals a better chance of winning, right? The contest will run until July 1st, 2008 and I will notify winners shortly after.
How to enter: (Remember, you can do all 3!)
1) Leave a comment here saying why you’d LOVE to win a copy of this book
AND/OR
2) Tweet about this contest (and leave the URL of your tweet in the comments here)
AND/OR
3) Post about this contest - make sure to link back to this post!
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Oh, pick me! pick me! I’m slightly obsessed with Web 2.0, social networking, and entrepreneurship and this book would further feed my frenzy over it!
Great contest! Hope I win!
Kate,
Take a look at my delicious Wordle (http://donkasprzak.com/2008/06/17/you-are-what-you-tag/) to see its full of Web2.0 tags…and would be a great read to further my understanding of Web2.0 in the new internet.
Don
Does the competition reach as far as Australia? I’m an advocate for Web2.0 applications and continually hitting brick walls when I try to introduce fantastic new tools in my classroom. Reading about the adventures of others may provide insights I can build upon to spread the word of freeware - you’d think the word free would be enough wouldn’t you!!
Anyway, good luck to me! LOL
Fiona
Why I would like to win this book: Umm… because I really love reading (and probably more so collecting books), and because I love technology and girl power :-/ and would love to read it!!
Besides, you talk about it so much that I’m intrigued!!
Talias last blog post..Moodle Podcast
I would love to win this book. As an avid reader and tech 2.0 geek (thought about calling my second grade class, Harju 2.0 from now on)it would teach me so much about tech and the people that made it so amazing. I am fascinated by all things technology and would love to have more info to share with my colleagues.
I would love to win this book because I have been LUSTING after it ever since I found out about it! I heart Sarah Lacy!
Rachaels last blog post..Whoops. Heh.
I would love to have a copy of this book! I love to see how business empires come together and find out about the brains behind any type of technology products. Who knows, maybe it will inspire me to do something big!
Thanks for the awesome contest!
Excellent read two thumbs up
Thank you for introducing this book.
It is a great summer read keep up the good work
Jen
hey kate!! How cool is this?? i didn’t even know until i came to read your blog!
thanks — again — for the shout outs and i hope whoever wins enjoys and continues to spread the word! it’s a book for anyone who loves web 2.0, but certainly also for people who are utterly confused by it all and want to figure out what the heck their kids keep talking about! my parents learned so much they now follow me on twitter ;)
sarah lacys last blog post..Engineers and Cats…The Two Life-Forms I Spend Too Much Time With!
I would love to win this book because I live in Silicon Valley and am endlessly interested in the players in high tech in fiction and in real life.
it’s sounds like a good book
i love to read about anything i know nothing about. i like to learn new things so what is web 2.0 i have no idea so this book would be perfect for me.
I need a good read for this hot summer!!!
Ilove to read to my three grandkids so i hope i win thanks
it looks like a great book
I love reading. I also like asking questions. I think this booking would be inspiring, as well as intresting. I enjoy finding out how and why businesses and inventions started. Anything having to do with computers is big business now days. That industry is growing so fast, it’s amazing. Plaese enter me in the contest, this is sure to be a great read. Thanks.
i would love to read this b/c i think it would teach me alot about all this new technology, thanks!
Thanks for this. You was help me. Article who your writen was so important for me. Thanks again :)
I would love to win this book because I love books, collect books and I love the knowledge that they bring.
i simply love freebies,
And the winners are……….
L McLendon
Rachael
Judy
Jessica
Carla
Linda
Burton
Shannan
Patti
Don
I’ll be contacting you by email - if you want to get to me even faster, email me your mailing address at kolson29 at gmail dot com :-)
I am one of the winners! I sent mailing address to you at
kolson29@gmail.com
Thanks!
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