This book is a collection of interviews, so it’s impossible to summarize as one might with a “big idea book”, however, we’ll try and extract some of the best insight and anecdotes here.

Learn what made this young leader tick.

Caesar was a fantastically successful general, politician and writer. Todd O'Brien applies what can learn from Caesar when it comes to product development and entrepreneurship.

Being an entrepreneur can down right suck. Make sure your doing it for the right reasons.

Stupidity is the breaking factor for understanding which high tech companies succeed and which fail.

The Big Switch  - everything is going from local to the "cloud"

Name your own boss, name your own salary with this co-motivational management style.

Focusing on your natural stengths will speed the time to results and result in far more growth as compared to focusing on improving weaknesses.

Motivation, rewards, pleasure all operate differently in the brains of iconoclasts- people who attempt (and suceed in a high risk, but high impact, paradigm shifting projects.

The socratic method of leading is about guiding your employees to action by asking the right questions.