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Imagine that you have entered your senior year at West Point Military Academy. You are on top of the world. You are about to become an officer in the US Army. You want to make a difference in the world and develop your leadership skills. Suddenly, you are thrust into war. The World Trade Center and the Pentagon were just attacked. Priorities rapidly shift. Your focus is to get into the fight. You don’t want to be left out. In a Time of War: The Proud and Perilous Journey of West Point's Class of 2002 captured these different tensions. Read more… (más)
 
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skrabut | 2 reseñas más. | Sep 2, 2020 |
Interesting read and fairly inspirational. I liked the back and forth style of writing. One chapter would tell the story of the three entrepreneurs and then the next chapter would attempt to dissect and offer lessons on being an entrepreneur based on their stories.

It does tend to come across as a really long advertisement for the Harvard Business School and at times I was turned off by that aspect.
 
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damienfranco | 7 reseñas más. | Aug 22, 2013 |
For the college entrepreneur, being accepted to the the Harvard or Stanford Business Schools is the Holy Grail of Opportunity. Each year, thousands apply and only a few are accepted into these elite programs. The graduates are assured lucrative job offers and contacts for which others would kill. This book follows three HBS graduates who chose another popular route, entrepreneurship. These three turned down the six figure salaries for the opportunity of making something big on their own.

I picked up this book in the hopes of gleaning some information to feed my desire of someday having my own company. What I came away with was unexpected discouragement. I am sure this wasn’t what the author went for, but after tracing the route of these three Harvard graduates, I got the distinct impression a) I could only make it if I attended the Harvard Business School and b) if I didn’t create a multimillion dollar company in three years, I wouldn’t be a successful entrepreneur. The stories were interesting, the advice pertinent, but the loftiness unattainable.

The three chosen subjects each started Internet companies: The Ladders, Military.com and Bluemercury (an online cosmetics retailer). Each were successful through the tenacity and strength of their founders. Each survived through their contacts made at HBS. In fact, one of the lessons I learned from the book, intentional or not, is the value of high-powered contacts, both for advice and cash. It is discouraging to anyone who hasn’t gone to the elite schools to ever hope of meeting these kinds of players.

The chronicle of their respective business startups was very educational and interesting. The book is very engaging, the stories very well written. It is obvious Murphy is a reporter. His style and experience shows through – I cared about their problems and successes. I cheered inwardly as Marla made the shift from sinking online retailer to successful brick-and-mortar boutique. I applaud the success they achieved and grumbled at the poor people management decisions and bad behaviors.

I came away from the book with a fresh look at the hyper-charged life of the successful big entrepreneur, with multimillion dollar investments and even larger payoffs. What I didn’t find was much value for the small entrepreneur. It felt that the message was “if you want to be successful, you better go to Harvard or Stanford”. That just isn’t an option for me, so I was left wondering if I had any business even considering starting my own business. That wasn’t what I was hoping to find.
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DanStratton | 7 reseñas más. | Jan 24, 2012 |
This book is a must read for all civilians and policymakers especially. It outlines the experiences of the class of 2001, the 'Golden children', who have graduated from West Point. Their stories, and the stories of their families is uplifting, crushing, and concerning all at the same time. Murphy does an excellent job of making the reader truly feel the ethos of what this experience is like. Once you pick it up, you won't put it down.
 
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Brent.Hall | 2 reseñas más. | Apr 12, 2011 |

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