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Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten

Founder & CEO at TNW (The Next Web)

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Losing The Signal by Jacquie Mcnish

Losing the signal takes you on an emotional rollercoaster through an amazing story of luck, greed and incompetence. It’s the story of how Blackberry became the dominant smart phone platform, and then lost it all. The interesting thing is that every decision they make, which seems logical and smart on itself, turns out to lead to a chain of events that triggers their downfall. An incredibly interesting and exciting journey of a book.

October 15
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Losing the signal takes you on an emotional rollercoaster through an amazing story of luck, greed and incompetence. It’s the story of how Blackberry became the dominant smart phone platform, and then lost it all. The interesting thing is that every decision they make, which seems logical and smart on itself, turns out to lead to a chain of events that triggers their downfall. An incredibly interesting and exciting journey of a book.

After Steve: How Apple became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul

Tripp Mickle gained access to an unprecedented amount of Apple executives to write a behind-the-scenes book of a company that known for keeping the behind-the-scenes firmly locked down. Juicy, insightful, personal.

May 8
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