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Title: The Biggest Game of All : The Inside Strategies, Tactics, and Temperaments That Make Great Dealmakers Great by Leo Hindery, Leslie Cauley ISBN: 0-7432-2900-2 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 03 February, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Give it a try, you'll like it
Comment: I bought this book because of the favorable review by Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and The Economist. I found the book interesting on many levels and annoying on a few others. The main annoyance was with the general tone of the book. The first part of the book is a homage to many of the people that Hindery has known in the business. It almost sounds solicitous. However, the book recovers from this with a great treatment of how to do deals and insight into how some of the deals he was a part of transpired. I finished the reading of this book with the feeling that while some of the book was a waste, the book as a whole was not a waste of time. Therefore I rate it with 4 stars and encourage any aspiring dealmaker to go and negotiate a good price on the book and learn. The 10 rules for negotiating a deal are excellent.
Rating: 2
Summary: Insomnia Cure
Comment: If you enjoy war stories on mega deals within the media industry, this one is for you. The author enjoys telling the tale, and you should fill your coffee cup or wine glass, and maybe light up a cigar for full reader ambience. Most of the material is less applicable to classroom or lecture hall, but rather the stuff discussed in country club locker rooms and men's-only grills.
As for strategies, tactics, and lessons applicable to deal making today, the author rarely wanders from the ten commandments of dealmaking listed on the book jacket. Applying the lessons to deals within privately held or small businesses is a stretch at best. I found myself skipping much of the material and heading directly to the end of the chapters. There you will find helpful sections starting with "Looking Back", that actually dissect and reflect on the deal being discussed.
My advise: Wait for the Cliff Notes to come out. Not worth wading through the book for the finely sprinkled parcels of wisdom applicable in most deal making.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Biggest Game of All
Comment: I learned about this book watching Kudlow & Cramer interview the author. The war stories related are downright fascinating, especially the chapters covering TCI, AT&T and Comcast. Depending upon which side your on, some of the negotiations are not very pretty, but they led to closings. Mistakes were made, which are made crystal clear. But deals got done.
I wanted to know who the author considered "great dealmakers" and what they had done to be so named. Some are household names. He focused, however, on those in the Media World, where he has established himself.
The chapters on Mike Armstrong and Barry Diller are of special interest to me. I like the book and recommend it to those interested in learning from the inside how some major deals were done. In the end, that's what matters to change agents.
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Title: Cable Cowboy: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business by Mark Robichaux ISBN: 047123639X Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 18 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Stealing Time : Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner by Alec Klein ISBN: 0743247868 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: When Hollywood Had a King : The Reign of Lew Wasserman, Who Leveraged Talent into Power and Influence by Connie Bruck ISBN: 0375501681 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Tearing Down the Walls: How Sandy Weill Fought His Way to the Top of the Financial World. . .and Then Nearly Lost It All by Monica Langley ISBN: 074321613X Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 31 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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Title: Rupert Murdoch : The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Media Wizard by Neil Chenoweth ISBN: 0609610384 Publisher: Crown Business Pub. Date: 12 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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