Build

There's nothing really ground-breaking in this book. Certainly nothing “Unorthodox”. There's a ton of Americanisms and US work mentality: work as much as you can, sleep as little as you can, and when you dream - dream about work. Which are not the views I agree with. At all.

However, the book is interesting as a memoir - a look behind the curtains at General Magic, Philips, Apple, Nest, and Google. Especially the parts about iPod and iPhone development and extremely tight deadlines.

A nice overall view of what it means to be a founder, a CEO, and a leader in a successful or less successful startup.