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Screw It, Let’s Do It

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  The Quid On: Screw It, Let’s Do It - Lessons In Life By Richard Branson Preview Life’s too short to learn from one’s own mistakes. It always helps to draw inspiration from other’s experiences. Screw It, Let’s Do It is a quick read in which author Richard Branson shares the many truths he has learned in his life’s journey. The road to success is far from easy and Branson’s wasn’t any different. Despite his set of challenges, he managed to succeed. These life lessons right from never giving up and taking calculated risks to spending quality time with oneself and family, and not compromising on integrity, will encourage people from all walks of life. About the Author Richard Branson is a billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist. A mildly dyslexic child, he set up his own magazine at the age of 15; an adventure that began in a basement in London made way for greater things and today, Richard is the owner of Virgin Group, which has over 400 companies across business interest

Dogfight

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  The Quid On: Dogfight: How Apple and Google went to war By Fred Vogelstein Apple and Google are two of the biggest tech giants today. While their rivalry goes back several years, they were not always rivals. There was a time when these two tech titans even collaborated with each other. However, the unfolding of certain events resulted in one of the most gruesome corporate rivalries in history. About the author Fred Vogelstein is one of the leading tech reporters of the world. He is a contributing editor for the Wired magazine. His writing has appeared in Fortune magazine, the New York Times Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. What to expect – How the biggest tech rivalry in history shaped up This book is a chronological account of the biggest tech rivalries of the world – Apple vs. Google. It traces the history of this rivalry from the time the first iPhone was launched, when Apple and Google actively collaborated, to the time when Google developed Android, and to the