Vishal Agarwal

While reading this book, it felt like you were reading the story of two childhood friends who are just thoroughly and genuinely, without any hidden feelings or agenda, enjoying each other's company and openly sharing their experiences. His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu are both recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize and revolutionary figures who championed the cause of their...

I knew I had to read this as soon as it came out cause of my deep deep reverence for this show in general and Jon Stewart in particular and it did not disappoint. Gave us amazing insights about how this show was built, the incredible role Jon Stewart played in the evolution of this show and the brilliant cast and crew that made the show what it was. Having been a fan of this show for nearly 7...

Mindblowingly incredible! Both the book and the character! Frank confession: the only reason I decided to read this book was because of the incredibly successful broadway play. I really wanted to watch that play but also wanted to make sure I understood the full context so took up the reading of this book. And absolutely floored by the character that is Alexander Hamilton - with all his...

This book became kind of surreal for me because I started reading it about 2 weeks before the election (Nov 8th, 2016) and finished right around the election time. Obviously during the election all one could hear and read about was Nate Silver (and to an extent Sam Wang?) so to hear him talk & tweet about his strategies and then be reading the book at the same time kind of gave an in-depth...

Did not find the value I was expecting in this book. It seemed like a summary of the other popular startup / management books, so I wasn't sure who was this book targeted to. Another thing that was slightly disconcerting, and something that I probably should have researched before starting the book, was that it was co-authored by a solution provider in the BI space (Looker) so it was not going...

As the book says, this show about nothing changed everything. Absolutely a big fan of the show so obviously had to pick up this book and learn more about how things worked in the background. And it did not disappoint. The amount of research that was put into uncovering all the people it touched and effected was absolutely amazing. Not just people directly associated with the show but even the...

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One of the most interesting AND informative books I've ever read! There is just so much wealth of information in this book about our history and ancestors. It made me realize two things: how little time us "Homo Sapiens" have spent on this earth but how much of an exponential impact we have had on it. I wish this is how history books were written back in school, we would have loved the subject...

Just love this. It launched as soon as I landed in Mexico City and have been putting it to great use!

Just finished this book and along with Ed Catmull's Creativity Inc., I believe these two books will shape how I conduct myself and build personal and professional relationships. This book teaches us how businesses can be run with passion, how caring for your stakeholders (employees / customers / vendors) and profitability are not inversely proportional as is considered the norm. We just have to...

Have loved Google Photos for a while now, makes uploading everything so simple. One of the apps on my home screen, in addition to Apple's photos app.

Just finished reading this book, certainly a personal achievement for me. One of the most voluminous books I've read, and it certainly required a lot of discipline and patience to go thru the thoughts of one of perhaps the most (in)famous man in history. This book barely has any details about what he did and how he did it, but is all about his thought process and what he felt about his country...

The more important question is what do I think of this team! I have been working with Jake and his team for over 4.5 years now and there is not one person in this team that I have not been wowed with. Jake has done an extremely amazing job of hiring very data and analytics focussed team - the team that gets data. Whenever I have needed anything, I have never had to explain the "how" - just the...

I first started this book I believe 5 years ago but could not complete it. I guess did not have the discipline at that time and as soon as the book took a philosophical bent I lost interest. Picked this book up again since I knew I had the discipline now and managed to finish it in the expected timeline. Riveting. A lot of the philosophical paths were honestly beyond my understanding, but the...

Came across this book thru Amazon recommendations. Had just finished In the Plex and even though I had my next few books lined up, the title intrigued me so read a sample and was hooked. Just the initial part about how to use "logic" to guard the right parts of an airplane was eye opening! Very interesting read, even though it got a little too technical in parts. Will never forget about the...

This is absolutely fantastic. That is the beauty of digital marketing, where we should be able to track exactly where our traffic and users are coming from, so we can optimize our media mix. Solutions like these really help us achieve that objective.

Always loved it. Just got better! Saved so many of my date nights!!!!

An absolutely incredible read, cannot gush enough about the detailed level of insight and perspective this book provides into one of the greatest companies of our generation, or of any generation! Google has obviously had a lot of successes and some incredible products apart from the its core search product, but just understanding the tumultuous decision making process that goes on inside the...