How long does it take to read The Monk and the Riddle?
Randy Komisar, Kent L. Lineback
The Monk and the Riddle by Randy Komisar, Kent L. Lineback takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2000. 192 pages, about 52,800 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Silicon Valley is filled with garage-to-riches stories and hot young entrepreneurs with big ideas. Yet even in this place where the exceptional is common, Randy Komisar is a breed apart. Currently a "Virtual CEO" who provides "leadership on demand" for several renowned companies, Komisar was recently described by the Washington Post as a "combined professional mentor, minister without portfolio, in-your-face investor, trouble-shooter and door opener." But even more interesting than what he does is how -- and why -- he does it. Komisar has found a way to turn an ambitious and challenging work life into his life's work." "The Monk and the Riddle is unlike any other business book you've read. Transcending the typical "leadership book" model of lists and frameworks on how to succeed in business, The Monk and the Riddle is instead a lively and humorous narrative about the education of a unique Valley insider." "It unfolds over the course of an ongoing dialogue between Komisar and two would-be entrepreneurs, "Lenny" and "Allison," and is at once a portal into the inner workings of Silicon Valley -- from how startups get launched to how venture capitalists do their deals to how plans get prepared and pitched -- and a deeply personal account of how one mover and shaker found fulfillment, not in work's rewards but in work itself." "As the narrative follows Komisar through meetings with venture capitalists and eager entrepreneurs, and as his conversations with Lenny and Allison evolve toward a resolution, The Monk and the Riddle imparts invaluable lessons about the differences between leadership and management and passion and drive, and about the meaning of professional and personal success. "When all is said and done," writes Komisar, "the journey is the reward." Book jacket."--Jacket.
Subjects: Businesspeople, Biography, Entrepreneurship, Businesspeople, biography, Gens d'affaires, Biographies
