November 2015
Beginner to intermediate
256 pages
6h 24m
English
Content preview from Too Big to Ignore
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Acknowledgments
Kudos to the Wiley team of Tim Burgard, Shelly Sessoms, Karen Gill, Johnna VanHoose Dinse, Chris Gage, and Stacey Rivera for making this book possible so quickly. You all were a “big” help.
I am grateful to smart cookies Charlie Lougheed, Jim McKeown, Jason Crusan, Jag Duggal, Jim Kelly, Clinton Bonner, William McKnight, Scott Kahler, and Seth Grimes for their time and expertise. Talking to these folks made research fun. A tip of the hat to Hope Nicora, Andy Havens, Adrian Ott, Brad Feld, Chris Berdik, Terri Griffith, Jim Harris, Dalton Cervo, Jill Dyché, Todd Hamilton, Tony Fisher, Ellen French, Dick and Bonnie Denby, Kristen Eckstein, Bob Charette, Andrew Botwin, Thor and Keri Sandell, Clair Byrd, Jay and Heather Etchings, Karlena Kuder, Luke “Heisenberg” Fletcher, Michael, Penelope, and Chloe DeAngelo, Shawn Graham, Chad Roberts, Sarah Terry, Jeff Lee, Mark Cenicola, Brenda Blakely, Colin Hickey, Bruce Webster, Alan Berkson, Michael West, John Spatola, Marc Paolella, Angela Bowman, and Brian and Heather Morgan and their three adorable kids.
Next up are the usual suspects: my longtime Carnegie Mellon friends Scott Berkun, David Sandberg, Michael Viola, Joe Mirza, and Chris McGee.
My heroes from Rush (Geddy, Alex, and Neil), Dream Theater (Jordan, John, John, Mike, and James), Marillion (h, Steve, Ian, Mark, and Pete), and Porcupine Tree (Steven, Colin, Gavin, John, and Richard) have given me many years of creative inspiration through their music. Keep on keepin’ ...
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