What's it about? Smart Startups (2023) uncovers the strategies used to build major companies, direct from 18 Harvard Business School founders. This guide puts to rest the myth of the instant genius and easy investor wins. Instead, you’ll see how practical, even if unconventional, wisdom is needed to turn a great idea into a company that lasts. If you think that starting a hugely successful company is all about being a genius and easily landing big investors early on, think again. This myth couldn’t be further from the truth, as authors Catalina Daniels and James H. Sherman discovered when they interviewed 18 founders. But it wasn’t only the fact they’d all attended Harvard Business School that drove their success. In fact, it turned out they’d all unknowingly followed similar routes to their startup stardom – and that these routes are to a degree replicable. What’s more is that these founders often learned while doing – it wasn’t only their Harvard education that helped them cr...

What's it about? I Wish Someone Had Told Me… (2025) is a practical guide to navigating life and career with purpose, clarity, and confidence. Drawing on stories and insights from a wide range of accomplished professionals, it offers straightforward advice on building momentum, standing out at work, and maintaining balance along the way. From financial planning to long-term fulfillment, it delivers real-world wisdom for every stage of your life journey. You graduate, land your first job, or finally get that promotion – and suddenly realize that no one gave you the full instruction manual. You’re expected to have it all figured out: how to navigate office politics, when to speak up, how to make decisions under pressure, and how to keep your personal life from falling apart in the process. Meanwhile, everyone around you seems to have it all under control. So why does it feel like you're the only one struggling to keep up? The truth? Most people are learning as they go, and even...

What's it about? Our Dollar, Your Problem (2025) examines how the US dollar achieved global dominance through a combination of strategic positioning and fortunate circumstances, while demonstrating that this supremacy is increasingly vulnerable to challenges from cryptocurrencies, China's yuan, and America's own fiscal overconfidence. What exactly is the deal with dollar dominance? The US dollar’s extraordinary post-war dominance became markedly clear in 1971, when Nixon suspended the convertibility of US dollars to gold. This blindsided European leaders who had been repeatedly assured that the US dollar was as good as gold. When furious European officials confronted then-Treasury Secretary John Connally about this betrayal, he delivered his now-famous retort: “Our dollar, your problem.” This cavalier attitude exemplifies how strong dollar theory – the idea that a powerful dollar benefits everyone by providing global stability – has created significant economic challenges...