Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge From Small Discoveries (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
This is a great book and bridges the gap between business and the arts. It considers market research, creativity, and process. This books shows the importance of listening. For me, this book justified things that I've always done. It helped me understand that these things are good processes and that even though they are not expressed in classes or in businesses, they make the world keep moving. While reading this book, I thought this needs to be required in freshman English classes, so that others can learn these benefits even if they are not in a creative field of work. I’ll be honest, I thought I wouldn’t like this book, but I was pleasantly surprised. It was a pretty quick, easy read, but it dove into a bunch of fascinating topics, research and anecdotes that I’ve personally been interested in. I liked the approach of the book and the breadth of topics it covered, and I also appreciated the way it subtly captured a lot of things that people miss. Rather than making the whole book espousing how important it is to make “little bets,” there was actually a thoughtful discussion around constructing those bets, how to inform them, the different shapes they could take, etc. etc. It was a light read that made me think.
What do You think about Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge From Small Discoveries (2011)?
As I read, I underlined, wrote comments, and decided I need to recommend this book to everyone.
—Sambreya
Belabors the point. Better suited to an HBR article than a full book.
—nick
I liked the thesis and the stories were simple and straightforward.
—kabeer
Fun book to read if you are thrilled by innovation like I am!
—LivinaS
