In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley’s most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs—a real-life Tony Stark—and a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new "makers."
Elon Musk spotlights the technology and vision of Elon Musk, the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, who sold one of his internet companies, PayPal, for $1.5 billion. Ashlee Vance captures the full spectacle and arc of the genius’s life and work, from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa and flight to the United States to his dramatic technical innovations and entrepreneurial pursuits.
Vance uses Musk’s story to explore one of the pressing questions of our age: can the nation of inventors and creators who led the modern world for a century still compete in an age of fierce global competition? He argues that Musk—one of the most unusual and striking figures in American business history—is a contemporary, visionary amalgam of legendary inventors and industrialists including Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs. More than any other entrepreneur today, Musk has dedicated his energies and his own vast fortune to inventing a future that is as rich and far-reaching as the visionaries of the golden age of science-fiction fantasy.
Thorough and insightful, Elon Musk brings to life a technology industry that is rapidly and dramatically changing by examining the life of one of its most powerful and influential titans.

Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business.
Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. If you're looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf.
Read it and you'll know why plans are actually harmful, why you don't need outside investors, and why you're better off ignoring the competition. The truth is, you need less than you think. You don't need to be a workaholic. You don't need to staff up. You don't need to waste time on paperwork or meetings. You don't even need an office. Those are all just excuses.
What you really need to do is stop talking and start working. This book shows you the way. You'll learn how to be more productive, how to get exposure without breaking the bank, and tons more counterintuitive ideas that will inspire and provoke you.
With its straightforward language and easy-is-better approach, Rework is the perfect playbook for anyone who’s ever dreamed of doing it on their own. Hardcore entrepreneurs, small-business owners, people stuck in day jobs they hate, victims of "downsizing," and artists who don’t want to starve anymore will all find valuable guidance in these pages.

《富爸爸如何创办自己的公司(创业必读)》内容简介：为什么富人拥有自己的公司而其他人都为他们打工？你也想拥有自己的公司吗？那么你知道什么样的公司类型对你最有利，怎样筹集资金、了解你的董事和管理人、处理员工问题？
加勒特·萨顿是美国著名的畅销书作家、律师。也是富爸爸顾问团的首席法律顾问。他以将近30年的律师执业经验，在《富爸爸如何创办自己的公司(创业必读)》中详细介绍了公司和法律结构，让你轻易而快速地了解富人是如何运用法律秘密和法律策略，来经营和保护资产的。你马上可以清晰准确地理解：哪种公司类型能帮你节省成千上万的税金；哪种公司类型能在债权人给你当头一击时，拯救你的房产、存款和家庭资产。读完这《富爸爸如何创办自己的公司(创业必读)》，你就能用富人的技巧改善自己的财务状况，像一名经验丰富的企业家那样通过公司来为自己获利！

互联网时代的霸主微软，曾经错失了一系列的创新机会。但是在智能时代，这家科技公司上演了一次出人意料的“大象跳舞”。2017年，微软的市值已经超过6000亿美元，在科技公司中仅次于苹果和谷歌，高于亚马逊和脸谱 网。除了传统上微软一直占有竞争优势的软件领域，在云计算、人工智能等领域，微软也获得强大的竞争力。通过收购领英，微软还进入社交网络领域。
自萨提亚·纳德拉2014年接任首席执行官以来，微软的市值翻番，超过了互联网泡沫以来的高点。《刷新》全景回顾了萨提亚的变革路径，如在硬件Surface电脑上的投入，在混合现实、人工智能和量子计算三大领域的战略布局等；系统总结了他的核心管理思想，即任何组织和个人，达到某个临界点时，都需要自我刷新。为了迎接智能时代的挑战，他提出自我刷新的三个关键步骤：拥抱同理心，培养“无所不学”的求知欲，以及建立成长型思维。

对各方面资源极为有限的创业公司而言，想在激烈的市场竞争中站立下来的第一步是：成为细分市场的垄断者。不管是资本还是尖端人才，追逐的永远是行业里尖端的企业，第二名毫无意义。
首先，要精准定位潜在市场。这个市场的需求仍没有被满足，并且潜力巨大。其次，抓住时代和行业的红利，通过高速增长实现“小垄断”，抢滩登陆。最后，在细分领域里建立起自己的竞争壁垒，应对巨头和竞争对手的复制，去扩展更大的市场，从而扩大公司的规模和竞争力。
在这个过程中，创始人必须反复思考：自己的突破点在哪里？为什么自己的团队能赢？细思快打，过关斩将。