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Valley Boy: The Education of Tom Perkins
by Tom Perkins
from Gotham
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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Inspirational but not perfect. 
As an aspiring young entrepreneur, I found Tom Perkins' Valley Boy a most enjoyable read. I was able to easily relate to many of his stories, although my experiences are drastically different. I can understand why many people do not find this book enjoyable - they can not relate. While I would recommend this book (and already have) to most of my friends, I don't think it is written with a wide enough audience in mind. If I were given the opportunity to meet with Mr. Perkins, I am sure we could devise a more... more info
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Unreadable 
Perhaps I'm the only one, but I found this book to be basically unreadable. (As such, I have only read a small part of it.) Tom Perkins is an impressive person with a successful career by many standards, and I am interested in what he does for a living even, but suffice it to say he is not one of our nation's best writers.
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Stories over a few dinners
The book is a few interesting stories from his life told as if it were over several dinners and several glasses of wine.
I personally like the conversational style and flow of the book and so highly recommend it.
These are just a few vignettes from his life and I'm sure there are many more stories to tell.
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Tom's view of things 
Tom takes the opportunity to get his view of events in his life on the record. Very doubtful as biography, this book is more of an attempt to sway public interpretation of events in his long career, spanning early years in Hewlett Packard, the formation of the Kleiner Perkins venture capital firm, his sailing exploits, his marriage to Danielle Steele, and how he chose to use his vast wealth to influence events and people he encountered. Right up front he deals with the spying incidents at Hewlett Packard... more info
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