{"id":134,"date":"2017-01-18T10:04:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T04:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/?p=134"},"modified":"2017-01-18T10:04:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T04:34:26","slug":"new-additions-january-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/?p=134","title":{"rendered":"New Additions January 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Shoe Dog: A Memoir By The Creator Of NIKE \u2026 Phil Knight<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Knight details the many\u00a0 terrifying risks he encountered along the way , the crushing setbacks, the ruthless competitors and hostile bankers, &#8211; as well as his thrilling triumphs and narrow escapes. Above all, he recalls the foundational relationships that formed the heart and soul of Nike. Together, harnessing the electrifying power of a bold vision and a shared belief in the redemptive, transformative power of sports, they created a brand, and a culture, that changed everything.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatesnotes.com\/Books\/Shoe-Dog\">Bill Gates blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Premnath, Director at Venture Center has written a synopsis and review of the book on his blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.premnath.org\/\"><em>Excerpts from Shoe Dog<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As mentioned in my earlier mail, if any of you I interested in having a Book Discussion and Talk on any book that you find interesting and helpful for entrepreneurs and startups, please do share it with us. \u00a0We will be happy to provide a 2-hr slot, on any Saturday during working hours, 9.30 am to 5 pm. I am sure many of you have read a lot or have personal experience of being an entrepreneur, so do let us have the benefit from your thoughts and experiences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>May I gently remind you of\u00a0 the Talk and Book Discussion \u2013 \u201cThank You For Being Late\u201d by Thomas Friedman on Saturday 21 January, 10 am to 12 pm.<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehamanagementconsultancy.com\/registration-for-thank-you-for-being-late-free-book-review-session\/\">Register her<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shoe Dog: A Memoir By The Creator Of NIKE \u2026 Phil Knight \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Knight details the many\u00a0 terrifying risks he encountered along the way , the crushing setbacks, the ruthless competitors and hostile bankers, &#8211; as well as his thrilling triumphs and narrow escapes. Above all, he recalls the foundational relationships that formed the heart [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135,"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions\/135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}