The
Leap: a memoir of love and madness in the internet gold rush
Tom Ashbrook
Tom Ashbrook quit his job to pursue a dream. This is his story.
In 1996 Internet companies were still new and largely untried. This didn't stop the author and his close friend from charging into the unknown to launch a risky new business in a relatively untried new medium.
This isn't a how-to book about starting an internet business. You won't find the treasure map to the internet gold mine or step-by-step business start-up instructions.
The author does describe the hand-wrenching anxiety of a start-up company that is scrambling for money to set the dream in motion. This book reads like fiction and will keep you reading long into the night. Ashbrook's skill as a story teller brings you into his life and allows you to watch him in triumph and despair.
The trip from comfortable job to internet success was rocky, frightening, stressful, and often made Ashbrook question his sanity. It tested his marriage and nearly put him into the poor house.
This is a story about vision and the will to make it happen. Most people wouldn't risk everything to start a business. The mounting debt would chase even the most intrepid entrepreneur into safer territory.
The Leap will inspire you to follow your dreams while it warns you of some of the pitfalls along the way.
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