Review of Launchpad Republic

[Gavice Victoria]

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Launchpad Republic" by Howard Wolk and John Landry.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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Launchpad Republic: America's Entrepreneurial Edge and Why It Matters by Howard Wolk and John Landry shows how the American political and economic system changed to control the dynamic between incumbents and upstarts. It also tries to strike a balance between the numerous contending factors at play. This book focuses on America and how it is a frontier in entrepreneurship. It constantly compared China, Israel, England, Japan, and other countries to America with respect to the entrepreneurial edge.

Howard Wolk is an experienced entrepreneur, investor, and company builder, while John Landry is an independent business historian and writer. They both came together to combine their knowledge and expertise in the birthing of this book. In this book, you will find startup stories about companies like Uber and other taxi companies, their fight to stay, and their struggle through expansion. This book successfully analyzed how upstart and incumbent entrepreneurs are affected by different factors.

There are some things I love about this book. When I started reading the preambles of this book, I thought the whole book was going to be difficult to digest due to the complicated language used. I was surprised by how things became much easier when I started chapter one. I like the way the authors summarized the book, chapter by chapter, at the beginning of the book. It gave me an idea of what would be covered in each chapter. This further helped me digest the contents of each chapter later on. I like how each chapter starts with a story. It draws you in and gives an excellent analogy of what will be discussed further in that chapter. There are stories about The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P), Crescent City Livestock Landing and Slaughterhouse Company, Standard Oil, American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T), and U.S. Steel. There were also other political, economic, and entrepreneurial stories scattered in-between chapters. Also, I love how adequately researched this book is. The authors referenced many books and research and provided citations of those sources at the end of each chapter. For a better understanding of the readers, charts and data tables were also provided.

This book discussed entrepreneurial competition extensively. This book will teach you about the different stages of entrepreneurial development in America in different years. You will learn from this book that the political, legal, and cultural frameworks of the United States allow entrepreneurs to flourish and expand, even when they must confront formidable adversaries. This book is both informative and educational.

The copy available on OBC seems to be the editor's copy because I could see some corrections that the editor made. There were many errors, all of which had already been pointed out. These errors must have been corrected in the official copy. Hence, I encourage the author to change the file in OBC to an updated one. The errors did not affect my rating because the book's editor had already corrected them.

I recommend this book to entrepreneurs and those interested in reading about the economies and politics of various countries. This book analyzed and compared different companies from different countries. I found it very informative and educational. I honestly did not find anything to dislike about this book. For all the above reasons, I am rating it 4 out of 4 stars. This book has ten chapters and is a total of 205 pages long.

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[Agbata Charles]

Although I have not read this book, your review looks complex and does not suit my taste for books. Anyways, thanks for the great review

[Chimereucheya Okoroafo]

Seems straight to the point. I'm not an expert in business administration or books on the topic but from your rating and description, I believe this is an excellent book for business and those in related field. I'm not in need of such book but I commend your review.

[Larabs Josh]

I guess this is a book that teaches political and economical lessons. I would recommend this to all political enthusiasts out there.

[Donald Kelvin]

Very interesting review! I'd really like to read this book to understand more about America's entrepreneur system. There seems to be a lot of information to be obtained.

[Wash William]

Your review is always outstanding and I commend you for that. This book is an intriguing one though it's a bit complex and requires complete attention to understand it. Thanks for for the review.

[Kenneth Onyenwe]

Launchpad Republic by Howard Wolk and John Landry is a great book on entrepreneurship. As an aspiring entrepreneur, I found the content of this book insightful. great review.

[Famzi Ken]

The business field has never been my fort. But this book seems well-versed in the entrepreneurship business of large companies and that country. Some will find this book interesting. Great review.

[Success Azuka]

This review sounds interesting. The author did a nice job in presenting the book to be interesting and easy to understand. Thanks for a wonderful and intriguing review. Looking forward to reading this book.

[Charles lib]

I haven't read this book, but I will definitely give it a try. I love reading your review. This book seems very interesting and engaging.

[lilianchikasi]

I love start-up books. I love knowing more about the business field and this book seems to be very well-versed in the field of business. I would love to try out this book, it definitely looks like an interesting one.

[Amandaruth Ama]

This is a good book for entrepreneurs. It is always good when books like this incorporate stories and examples. These things help the readers understand it and be able to read the book without getting bored. Nice one!

[Chimezie Agbata]

I think every entrepreneur or anyone who wants to startup a business should read this book. Your review was detailed and consice. This book is every informative. Great review.

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The combination of two experts produces a brilliant book like this, I like to explore other fields so I really want to learn about entrepreneur competition and entrepreneurship itself and I'll really like to know the story behind these big start up companies

[Victoria Ukamaka]

I would like to learn about the different stages of entrepreneurial development in America over the past years. Therefore I would love to read Launchpad Republic: America's Entrepreneurial Edge and Why It Matters by Howard Wolk and John Landry. Great review!