If you read the excerpt from Billion Dollar Brand Club nyti.ms/37FEk3Z and read the NYT review nyti.ms/31d9TzK, I know you'll enjoy the lively conversation about it at the @92Y at 7 p.m. Friday bit.ly/2OarSl8 with Charles Duhigg and Simon Enever of @getquip.

I am just missing a trifecta: Billion Dollar Brand Club's hard cover is ranked #1 and the audiobook is ranked #3 on Amazon New Releases! But the Kindle e-book is only ranked #4. Step up, all you Kindle e-book buyers!

Excellent point, Jason Del Rey. As I found in my new book, "Billion Dollar Brand Club," too little VC money can be a problem - but so can too much. Tuft & Needle raised no money, and had to be profitable from the start. Casper raised lots of money, and continues to lose $$$.

Who's the investor behind Dollar Shave Club, Warby Parker, Away, Glossier? And what did she see long before big VC firms? Read the excerpt in Medium from my new book, "Billion Dollar Brand Club," about Kirsten Green of Forerunner. bit.ly/3btTDim

l had a fun day at Google's Mountain View campus doing a Talks at Google to discuss my book Billion Dollar Brand Club. Great conversation with lots of smart questions from Michelle Behr.

Wow! The New York Times Book Review has selected "Billion Dollar Brand Club" as an Editor's Choice, one of the new books it recommends this week. Only a handful picked each week, so feeling honored to be in such select company!  nyti.ms/2w9i7xg

Brilliant reporting by a brilliant reporter.

Big thumbs up from best-selling author Charles Duhigg for my book, Billion Dollar Brand Club. 👍 Check out the great reviews in the NYT nyti.ms/2xNzxjC and WSJ on.wsj.com/3463Luo. For more, visit larryingrassia.com.

Must read: The Wire China, an online news site just launched by David Barboza, has an eye-opening story about how the U.S. has become so dependent on China for critical drugs that we risk of being held hostage in a superpower confrontation. thewirechina.com

SABEW announces the shortlist for its Best in Business Book Awards in partnership with Investopedia. Judges are reviewing the finalists and will announce a winner and two runner-ups in November. Congrats to all the authors and publishers: buff.ly/33UXq5s

“Billion Dollar Brand Club” selected for the shortlist of best business books of the year. Lots of terrific reads.

A nice holiday surprise: "Billion Dollar Brand Club" named one of the 10 Best New Business Books of 2020 by Inc. magazine. bit.ly/3aiDSg7

Another best books list for "Billion Dollar Brand Club."

As of today, I’m a Paperback Writer! (Apologies to the Beatles.) The paperback edition Billion Dollar Brand Club, the story of the direct-to-consumer brand revolution, has just been published. And Chinese and Korean language editions are coming out soon. bit.ly/3dh8wYN

I had fun putting together a list of favorite "Books about Entrepreneurs and Innovation" for a web site asking authors for top picks in various categories. Here's mine: bit.ly/3hhbQnb. What's it missing? Have fun checking it out, and browsing other "best" lists.

A billion dollars for just $1.99! Yep. My book, "Billion Dollar Brand Club," has been selected as a Kindle Deal this week. You can buy it for $1.99 the next day or two. And if you send me your Kindle, I'll be happy to autograph it for you. 😉

I had a cup of joe on MSNBC Morning Joe on Friday to discuss my new book, “A Fatal Inheritance,” a heartbreaking tale of family loss due to cancer and an inspring chronicle of scientific achievement. If you missed it, here it is: youtu.be/G4AMI0vusP0

Whew! It's been quite a month since "A Fatal Inheritance" was published. One of many highlights: A conversation on C-SPAN "After Words" airing at 8 pm Friday & 10 am Sunday June 23 with Pulitzer Prize winner Amy Dockser Marcus of the WSJ. (And online at booktv.org.)

Like my book, A Fatal Inheritance, this talk at the STAT, is from my heart. statnews.com/2024/10/22/law…