yeah, it's quite a fun book. i read it before last investor day.
the only part i didn't like was the Lycos story. basically, a guy gets a call from a VC: "hey, we've got the idea, the technology, and the funding. can you please run the company?"
I liked that there were a variety of stories... it gives you a sampling of how differently things work out. The RIM guy, for instance, sounds like an order of magnitude better engineer than some other people in the book. Others definitely got lucky because they were in the right place in the right time, and were smart enough to take advantage of it.
the only part i didn't like was the Lycos story. basically, a guy gets a call from a VC: "hey, we've got the idea, the technology, and the funding. can you please run the company?"