From Shanghai to Silicon Valley is another book that I procrastinated on reading, but then upon reading it, instantly regretted my decision to do so. Maybe it was the extremely long title, or the fact that the author’s face was plastered across the book cover, but I digress.

Robert Chen has written a masterful book that contains a wealth of information for high-tech entrepreneurship — from hiring talent, global expansion, funding and investors, leadership, IPO’s, and more — which is augmented with his personal anecdotes and commentary. This book definitely requires a revisit in the future, as it contains a lot of insight that I can’t fully appreciate at my current experience level.

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