Book – Priyank Verma

March 7, 2019

Architecting for Scale by Lee Atchison: Reading Experience

I recently read the book Architecting for Scale by Lee Atchison. The book contains a high-level overview of the major concepts that revolve around the topic of building highly-available and scalable apps.I felt the book to be more suited as a light read for people already familiar with these concepts rather than being an informative…

Software Engineering

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July 21, 2018

6 Lessons On Work Ethic I Learned In One Year Of Professional Career

Time flies. Recently I had completed one year as a full-time employee at my current employer Squad. A year has passed, and I decided it was time to revisit instances, memories, and experiences and to recollect what I had learned as a professional in this past year. It was also a wake-up call to reassess and…

Growth and Self-Development

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May 22, 2017

The Alchemist : Reading Experience

Reading The Alchemist was like getting up at dawn and seeing the sun rise, while the whole world slept. The Alchemist doesn’t teach you anything, but you can learn a million things from it. “Lead will play its role until the world has no further need for the lead, and then the lead will have to turn…

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April 7, 2017

Mastery By Robert Greene : Reading Experience

“The problem with all students, he said, is that they inevitably stop somewhere. They hear an idea and they hold on to it until it becomes dead; they want to flatter themselves that they know the truth. But true Zen never stops, never congeals into such truths. That is why everyone must constantly be pushed…

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June 21, 2016

Marketing Your Retail Store in the Internet Age by Bob Negen : Reading Experience

This was the book that I knew prior to reading it that it won’t be too interesting and might even feel too slow. I searched it on the internet and picked it to read to get a perspective of a retail seller. As me and my team are trying to start a company that will…

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March 28, 2016

The Lean Startup : Reading Experience

My 3rd book of the year was The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. I first got to know about the existence of this book during a keynote video of Gary Vaynerchuk where it was up for display. Finally got the time to read it. The book focuses on how the lean manufacturing using in…

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March 22, 2016

Business in Boxers : 1 Month Into Running a StartUp

Why the Series? (Inspired by book : Business In Blue Jeans) Hi! This is Priyank. This series is about me pen downing my start-up ride. Don’t know if it’s fast or slow, all I really know is I’m gonna enjoy the ride. Why the name? Boxers is what you’ll find me almost every time in and…

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February 7, 2016

Contagious : Why Things Catch On : Reading Experience

We all have heard of the hilarious Panda Cheese commercial in which a panda screws everyone who says no to panda products. People loved the ad so much that the brand enjoyed world wide recognition. On the other hand commercials by GoldenPalace.com was a complete miss, it just failed to persist their brand name in customer’s mind by…

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January 19, 2016

Losing My Virginity By Richard Branson – Reading Experience

Oh, screw it, let’s do it. That’s the philosophy of Richard Branson that has allowed him to start ventures in markets that no one dared to enter and even considered ludicrous to try. Losing my virginity is the most unusual biography you will ever get to read. It looks like you are reading a biography…

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September 5, 2015

Rafa : Reading Experience

Here it is. 4th book of the year Rafa by Rafael Nadal and John Carlin. Being arguably the biggest Rafa fan on this planet this book was in my reading bucket list from a long time. Finally got the opportunity to read this. This is great in both sense, it gives you a more closer look…

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