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Summary: Keep the ipecac handy
Review: As someone who is earning a small but steady profit from the "dot-bomb" fallout -- no, we haven't hit bottom yet -- I am continuing an effort to slog through this book.Never in my career have I seen so much self-aggrandising "humility" & mutual back-patting set to type & put between covers. This volume reads like a cross between an Internet-besotted Sears catalogue & the 1999 Enron report to shareholders. The reason I'm still reading it is not so much that it's using big words or abstruse concepts (it isn't, actually), but that I am forced to keep running to look up yet another freshly dropped name on a search engine. The "high tech" names dropped herein read like a sampling from F***EDCOMPANY.com, which you'd think that one of the other "tech-savvy" reviewers of this book would've noted. If you aren't a direct victim of the flameout, & you don't really read much on the industry, but you read "E-Volve or Die," then the best advice I can give is to immediately administer a strong purgative -- anything by Christopher Locke ("Gonzo Marketing" is good, though you might need a fast dose of "The Cluetrain Manifesto" to regain perspective, or "The Bombast Transcripts" if you've been deeply affected), & if you're experiencing a toxic degree of optimism, reach immediately for Kaplan's "F'd Companies". Okay, that said, it's not really a BAD book, though the use of "e-" whenever possible is so cutesy as to make the book worthy of shredding, as you'll probably agree by page 20 or so. Self-aggrandising? Oh, I almost forgot: this tome has no less than >12< Forewords. Thankfully, most of these companies are now dead, & the authors have faded back into the marketing woodwork. This could be a decent 200-page book if the self-serving rah-rah nonsense were excised. Two stars for hope of a brighter (& intelligence-infected) e-future.
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Summary: Keep the ipecac handy
Review: As someone who is earning a small but steady profit from the "dot-bomb" fallout -- no, we haven't hit bottom yet -- I am continuing an effort to slog through this book. Never in my career have I seen so much self-aggrandising "humility" & mutual back-patting set to type & put between covers. This volume reads like a cross between an Internet-besotted Sears catalogue & the 1999 Enron report to shareholders. The reason I'm still reading it is not so much that it's using big words or abstruse concepts (it isn't, actually), but that I am forced to keep running to look up yet another freshly dropped name on a search engine. The "high tech" names dropped herein read like a sampling from F***EDCOMPANY.com, which you'd think that one of the other "tech-savvy" reviewers of this book would've noted. If you aren't a direct victim of the flameout, & you don't really read much on the industry, but you read "E-Volve or Die," then the best advice I can give is to immediately administer a strong purgative -- anything by Christopher Locke ("Gonzo Marketing" is good, though you might need a fast dose of "The Cluetrain Manifesto" to regain perspective, or "The Bombast Transcripts" if you've been deeply affected), & if you're experiencing a toxic degree of optimism, reach immediately for Kaplan's "F'd Companies". Okay, that said, it's not really a BAD book, though the use of "e-" whenever possible is so cutesy as to make the book worthy of shredding, as you'll probably agree by page 20 or so. Self-aggrandising? Oh, I almost forgot: this tome has no less than >12< Forewords. Thankfully, most of these companies are now dead, & the authors have faded back into the marketing woodwork. This could be a decent 200-page book if the self-serving rah-rah nonsense were excised. Two stars for hope of a brighter (& intelligence-infected) e-future.
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Summary: Great Overview of E-Commerce Management
Review: E-Volve-or-die.com is loaded with tons of ideas to help you build your e-business and information on how to create strategies that are the most critical for e-volving towards the future. He is very connected to e-commerce management and you can tell in his writings in this book. This book goes into all different aspects of ECM in detail and is a great book for a complete overview of where e-commerce management is now and where we are heading. Recommended to all interested in e-business or just curious about the Internet Age.
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Summary: Fun to Read
Review: I found Mitchell Levy's book enlightening and thought provoking. The many examples given throughout the book show the author's vast experience and makes you want to understand more. As you read the book questions evolve. The historical scenarios he writes about helps to close the loop...
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Summary: Good Foundation to start from
Review: This book lays the foundation for people new to the operational side of a business. The book demonstrates and demystfies some of the myths surround e-commerce. There's good insight from prominent folks in the hi-tech industry who truly understand how to leverage the Internet.
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Summary: Excellent resource to understand comprehensive idea of EC.
Review: This book taught me how my E-commerce comprehension was restricted, and let my eye open to fundamental idea of e-business. Mitchel Levy has global idea of business strategy and management in Internet age, and he was building a key to success in this uncertain period. I could gain very practical metrics to solve my business problems in very simple but well refined words.
Recommended to all people living in e-business age, from beginner to advanced,in any nationality and any generation.
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Summary: Excellent resource to understand comprehensive idea of EC.
Review: This book tought me how my E-commerce comprehension was restricted, and let my eye open to fundamental idea of e-business. Mitchel Levy has global idea of business strategy and management in Internet age, and he was building a key to success in this uncertain period. I could gain very practical metrics to solve my business problems in very simple but well refined words.
Recommended to all people living in e-business age, from beginner to advanced,in any nationality and any generation.
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Summary: Not just another internet book
Review: This book was different. I like this book because, rather than just rehashing that the internet changes everything, it gave me ways to think about what might change next. And how it might impact my business. And how I might take advantage of that. I found that the examples were useful. Overall the book was easy to understand and thought provoking. I liked it. I ordered a few for my friends at other companies.
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Summary: Timely and Informative
Review: This is not a how-to book, but a serious discussion on the mechaisms, models, and processes that are needed to support successful e-commerce endeavors. Maybe that is why some readers would find it boring. Unlike snake-oil advices you get from some online newsmedia, E-volve-or-Die.com pinpoints the key areas where businesses can thrive. The endorsements by major CEOs in the Silicon Valley and elsewhere emphasize the importance of this work. Yes, it's self-serving too, but one should also take heart the messages sent by these major e-commerce players. While most Web books oversell the promises of the New Economic, this is the first book that addresses it realistically and objectively. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Beginner's info
Review: Throughout the whole book (I did not finish it all the way) I got the impression the dude was full of himself and wanted to communicate at all cost how good he is. The book is not written in a very professional way. Info kind of lame and generic. Did not learn anything new at all. If you ran out of sleeping pills, you might consider reading this book.
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