Reg Nordman is a founder and Managing Partner for Rocket Builders. He combines engineering, education, and business degrees with over 27 years of sales experience. Project experience has followed the evolution of sales methodology in high technology from hardware sales, software sales, network sales, to Internet sales. Mr. Nordman has assisted companies in segmenting and positioning products f… Read more
Reg Nordman is a founder and Managing Partner for Rocket Builders. He combines engineering, education, and business degrees with over 27 years of sales experience. Project experience has followed the evolution of sales methodology in high technology from hardware sales, software sales, network sales, to Internet sales. Mr. Nordman has assisted companies in segmenting and positioning products for building the sales and marketing plan, creating, training and coaching the sales and marketing team as well as executing on the plan and hitting targets.
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Top Reviewer Ranking: 9,105(Learn More) - Total Helpful Votes: 31 of 33
he author, born in Zambia has a terrific CV ' World Bank, Harvard, Oxford, Goldmann Sachs. This is a black African talking about how Africa can be, could be helped. She builds a compelling case First all the aid that has been poured into Africa has resulted in African people becoming poorer, not better off. Second the money (World bank et al) has found its way into 'lucky hands' ie the corrupt rulers/administrators and resides in Swiss bank accounts. Third, Africa needs trade and investment such as being offered by China and India. Fourth, Inter african trade needs to be freed up ( A car cost $1500 to ship from Japan to The Ivory coast and a further $5000 to get it over a few borders)… Read more
Written in 68 about the 2010 time frame and what a wonderful read this has been! Brunner has a sense of the future unlike most I have read plus he is a strong and inventive writer. He tries several innovative techniques, including stream of consciousness. which will have the reader going every which way. But it works. The background character Chad Mulligan makes pithy and relevant comments on society in this crowded, paranoid and resource poor world powered by mega corporations. If you can get into this book, i.e. past the first three to four chapters, it is well worth the read. Take that Stephen King!
In my pursuit of prescient authors, I discovered John Brunner, a big hit in the 70s who passed away in '95. He invented the term "worm" It was a chore to find this book ( Use thriftybooks.com) but well worth it. Imagine a world where the arms race is replaced by the brain race. Individuals with the promise of high intellect are taken to a special "school" and trained to be the wisest of them all for $3M a year each by the govt. What happens if none of the "brightest" ones breaks out and rebels? This takes place in a society that is increasingly "dumber" and the "Net" /govt is becoming more controlling over individual lives. Plus the population is evermore "on the move" having adopted a… Read more
