The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Steve Case (Author, Narrator), Simon & Schuster Audio (Publisher)

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The cofounder of America Online and the presidential ambassador for global entrepreneurship shares a road map to success for future innovators.

Steve Case was on the leading edge of the Internet revolution when he cofounded AOL in 1991. He was an entrepreneur in a business that hadn't even been invented, yet he saw how significantly his efforts could change not only America but the world.

In The Third Wave, Case uses his insights garnered from nearly four decades of working as an innovator, investor, and businessperson to chart a path for future visionaries. From his position as an investor in start-ups like Zipcar and LivingSocial, Case predicts the future of the economy and describes what he calls the "Third Wave of the Internet". AOL and other companies introduced early consumers to the Internet in the first wave; search giants such as Google and companies such as Apple have led us into the second wave, the app economy; and the third wave will be "the Internet of things", in which every experience, product, and service will be transacted online. Using his own experience and examples from companies he's invested in, he lays out a vision for the future of success in a disrupted age.

Listening Length

5 hours and 38 minutes
Author

Steve Case
Narrator

Steve Case
Audible release date

April 5 2016
Language

English
Publisher

Simon & Schuster Audio
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B071NV9R49
Version

Unabridged
Program Type

Audiobook
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Listening Length	5 hours and 38 minutes
Author	Steve Case
Narrator	Steve Case
Audible.ca Release Date	April 05 2016
Publisher	Simon & Schuster Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B071NV9R49
Best Sellers Rank	#106,476 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #102 in Industrial Design (Books) #566 in Shopping Guides (Books) #626 in High-Tech Industry (Books)

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Well written book

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 6, 2018

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Interesting book about the early days of the internet. Steve Case writes the story of AOL quiet well, and how it collapsed because of mental myopia after the merger with Time Warner and their blind executives. The first wave was connecting people to the internet the second wave was all these social media companies that have emerged and the third wave is coming, something is going to happen to the internet through these next decades that no one knows for sure but Steve speculates that startups are going to lead the third wave.

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Four Stars

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 19, 2018

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It gave me a few business ideas

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Britney Fitch

The book everyone should read

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 4, 2018

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The book that everyone in every industry should read. Written so that everyone can understand. A bit of personal history and a great overview of where things are going.

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Fbeaurivage

It is coming. You will leverage from ut

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 31, 2016

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Futuristic view if what is upcoming

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Shahrad

A must read book for any entrepreneur or future entrepreneurs

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 12, 2017

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The book is written in an exciting and simple style. It gives the reader an understanding about the challenges and opportunities of enterprunership.

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but an easy and interesting read

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 13, 2017

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nothing extreemly revealing, but an easy and interesting read.

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Alex Hannig

3rd wave

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 2, 2018

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Steve Case gives a very realistic prediction of where technology is going

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LifeBringer

An engineer's review, abridged.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 14, 2016

I'm a mechatronics engineering, i.e. mechanical major with a double minor in electrical and software engineering, so my perspective might different from the rehashed reviews by other individuals. I'm also Canadian, so policy up here is different game entirely. I am building a startup with some friends and it is 'third wave' company.

I have never heard of Steve Case before, I've never read summaries, prefaces, forewords, or mini autobiographies of a book. I just jump in and judge the read and reread, and then read some other books on the same topic. My review will change as I read more, but for now this is my perspective.

Structure? I've read poorly structured books, this isn't one of them. Case's book elegantly weaves from his personal experience to his extrapolation of the technological future. This switch-over within chapters keeps things fresh and agile.

Content? Key points I enjoyed about this book are the details Case goes into for what will make or break third wave companies, namely Partnerships, Policy, & Perseverance. It helped my co-founders and I to segregate and detail our canvas model for presenting our idea. The second aspect of this book I enjoyed was Case's details into what pitfalls he faced in his rise to being a billionaire. Namely what failures were faced as a top executive at Warner-AOL and details on how he overcame obstacles during the rise of AOL then CVC. The details in these experiences alone make this book a worthwhile buy. I wish there were finer details on the partnerships aspect of third-wave companies, but the the book was not lacking.

Impact? My first time connecting to the internet in Canada, was through AOL, so I was pleasantly surprised when learning about the rise and fall of this giant. It explained things that my child mind didn't comprehend of the AOL merger with Time Warner. Of course, there might be bias on who did what as it is a book from Case's point of view. Yet it's a perspective nonetheless and it's for you to critically accept or reject what is said. I didn't actually read the publication date of this books, so you'll here current references to Snapchat, WhatsApp, etc, which is relevant.

Overall? Better than a self help book, scientific case studies > anecdotes by professionals > self-help books. If you want some meat on how to face key challenges on your rise to developing meaningful change like Pebble's Eric Migicovsky, this is the one to read. Thank you for taking the time to read my review and thank you Steve Case for publishing something invaluable!

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Far surpassed by several other forward thinking books of the past few years.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 2, 2017

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Pretty disappointing.

- It seems he wasn't clear what the purpose of the book was. It is a half-hearted account of his time at AOL, and throws in some actions towards the end. It does justice to neither.
- He neglects the opportunities and risks the climate change presents (only 1 short sentence in the epilogue), which I think is a big miss.
- The book is very short; they've used some pointless pictures in the middle, a slightly large font and big spaces to make it seem bigger - still only 220ish pages though.
- Finally, it is pretty US-centric - that doesn't mean the teachings aren't relevant for others, but at points I felt like skipping bits (although I didn't).

I thought the recent books by Yuval Noah Harari, Tapscott and Martin Ford were more insightful.

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Great

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 14, 2020

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Good book worth a resd

Philip T King

Very interesting

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 20, 2018

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Offers different perspective, good factual read, good lesson learnt shared

ChicagoReader

Loved it, couldn't put it down

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 27, 2017

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What a captivating story from a pioneer in technology and entrepreneurship. Loved it, couldn't put it down. Much to learn here.

Amazon Customer

Enjoy; )

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 31, 2016

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A MUST read! Read this in 6 hours and could put it down. As a dyslexic is an accomplishment in itself. Very inspiring as an entrepreneur a must as will direct you to look to build the future. Enjoy ; )

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