Booknotes: The Republic of Tea

Posted by jennybhatt under Startups
From http://freeagenteconomics.com 4102 days ago

The Republic of Tea is one of my all-time favorite books. A smooth, rich blend of startup story, memoir and philosophy (oh yes, the tea metaphors will abound in this one – you have been duly warned) that hits the spot just right.

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Written by lyceum
4100 days ago

Jenny: Thank you so much for you sharing this story and give me a great book tip as a tea enthusiast and blender in training. I nodded when I read the following quote:

“I realized today how easy it is to fall in love with one’s own ideas and get settled into a path based on self-imagined assumptions. I got hooked on the idea of selling the integrity and quality of superior loose tea and lost sight of the established market. Thanks again (sincerely) for pulling the rug out from under me yet another time.”

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Written by jennybhatt
4100 days ago

Lyceum, you're welcome. I read this book first about 10 years ago. I enjoyed it just as much during this 2nd reading.

I had made this my blog's book-of-the-month in Dec, before you told me about your tea enthusiasm. So, I was hoping that you'd chance on the post when I finally published it.

There are a lot of such other quotes in the book - I had a hard time picking just 3 to highlight. You'll enjoy the book, I'm sure.

Thanks for the comment.

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