THE SAN FRANCISCO FALLACY IS NOT ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO. Rather, it's about the herd instincts that drive tech companies to set up shop there, and the mistakes these herd instincts lead to. Most importantly, it's about how to avoid making these same mistakes yourself. In The San Francisco Fallacy, serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist Jonathan Siegel looks at the 10 biggest fallacies that run through startup culture. Over his many years launching companies, he's fallen victim to what he now recognizes as a series of common errors, misconceptions that bedevil startups to this day. But he also learned how to sidestep and surmount many of these challenges. After multiple eight-figure exits and other startup successes, Jonathan began to see the deeper fallacies in which his failures took root. His biggest career successes, on the other hand, seemed to come when he and his teams went against the tide and did everything "wrong." This book is an examination of the popular belief system about startups. At its heart is a series of challenges to years of accumulated startup orthodoxy. What emerges is not just a critique but an inspiring call-to anyone trying to build a successful business-for a broader kind of critical thinking.

★Amazon.comで評価4.9！隠れた「起業の名著」、待望の翻訳書登場！！ ★堀江貴文氏推薦！「これは、実践者のみぞ知る『起業の教科書』だ」 「テクノロジーが全てを解決してくれる」 「失敗を念頭に入れたプロジェクトは失敗する」 「最高のクオリティでプロダクトをローンチしなければならない」 これらはすべて、米国シリコンバレーでITスタートアップを立ち上げる起業家たちが長年「正しい」と思い込んでいることだ。そして、それらは同時に彼らを悩ませる「迷信」でもあった――。 本書は、米国サンフランシスコで活動する起業家でベンチャーキャピタリストのJonathan Siegel（ジョナサン・シーゲル）氏が身をもって体験した、スタートアップコミュニティにはびこる「10の迷信」について紹介します。 それぞれの迷信が起業家にどんな悪影響をもたらすのか。そして、どうすれば回避できるのか。多くの失敗と教訓が凝縮された本書。これから起業を志す方、困難に立ち向かっている起業家が、その道を切り開くための手助けとなる一冊です。 ■目次 イントロダクション ―「サンフランシスコの迷信」― Fallacy 1: テクノロジーの迷信 Fallacy 2: 民主主義の迷信 Fallacy 3: 投資の迷信 Fallacy 4: 失敗の迷信 Fallacy 5: 専門家の迷信 Fallacy 6: アイデアの迷信 Fallacy 7: スケールの迷信 Fallacy 8: ロレアルの迷信 Fallacy 9: クオリティの迷信 Fallacy 10: パッションの迷信 おわりに ― 「起業家を殺す10の迷信」を振り返る― ※本書は、2017年に米国Amazon.comで出版された『The San Francisco Fallacy: The Ten Fallacies That Make Founders Fail』を翻訳した内容が収録されています ※内容の一部を、日本の読者向けに読みやすく、意味が変わらないように編集を加えております

“This short book makes you smarter than 99% of the population. . . . The concepts within it will increase your company’s ‘organizational intelligence.’. . . It’s more than just a must-read, it’s a ‘have-to-read-or-you’re-fired’ book.”—Geoffrey James, INC.com From the author of An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language, here’s the antidote to fuzzy thinking, with furry animals! Have you read (or stumbled into) one too many irrational online debates? Ali Almossawi certainly had, so he wrote An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments! This handy guide is here to bring the internet age a much-needed dose of old-school logic (really old-school, a la Aristotle). Here are cogent explanations of the straw man fallacy, the slippery slope argument, the ad hominem attack, and other common attempts at reasoning that actually fall short—plus a beautifully drawn menagerie of animals who (adorably) commit every logical faux pas. Rabbit thinks a strange light in the sky must be a UFO because no one can prove otherwise (the appeal to ignorance). And Lion doesn’t believe that gas emissions harm the planet because, if that were true, he wouldn’t like the result (the argument from consequences). Once you learn to recognize these abuses of reason, they start to crop up everywhere from congressional debate to YouTube comments—which makes this geek-chic book a must for anyone in the habit of holding opinions.

Critical thinking is now needed more than ever. This accessible and engaging book provides the necessary tools to question and challenge the discourse that surrounds us —- whether in the media, the classroom, or everyday conversation. Additionally, it offers readers a deeper understanding of the foundations of analytical thought. Informal Logical Fallacies: A Brief Guide is a systematic and concise introduction to more than forty fallacies, from anthropomorphism and argumentum ad baculum, to reductionism and the slippery slope argument. With helpful definitions, relevant examples, and thought-provoking exercises, the author guides the reader through the realms of fallacious reasoning and deceptive rhetoric. This is an essential guide to philosophical reflection and clear thinking.

A timely and accessible guide to 100 of the most infamous logical fallacies in Western philosophy, helping readers avoid and detect false assumptions and faulty reasoning You’ll love this book or you’ll hate it. So, you’re either with us or against us. And if you’re against us then you hate books. No true intellectual would hate this book. Ever decide to avoid a restaurant because of one bad meal? Choose a product because a celebrity endorsed it? Or ignore what a politician says because she’s not a member of your party? For as long as people have been discussing, conversing, persuading, advocating, proselytizing, pontificating, or otherwise stating their case, their arguments have been vulnerable to false assumptions and faulty reasoning. Drawing upon a long history of logical falsehoods and philosophical flubs, Bad Arguments demonstrates how misguided arguments come to be, and what we can do to detect them in the rhetoric of others and avoid using them ourselves. Fallacies—or conclusions that don’t follow from their premise—are at the root of most bad arguments, but it can be easy to stumble into a fallacy without realizing it. In this clear and concise guide to good arguments gone bad, Robert Arp, Steven Barbone, and Michael Bruce take readers through 100 of the most infamous fallacies in Western philosophy, identifying the most common missteps, pitfalls, and dead-ends of arguments gone awry. Whether an instance of sunk costs, is ought, affirming the consequent, moving the goal post, begging the question, or the ever-popular slippery slope, each fallacy engages with examples drawn from contemporary politics, economics, media, and popular culture. Further diagrams and tables supplement entries and contextualize common errors in logical reasoning. At a time in our world when it is crucial to be able to identify and challenge rhetorical half-truths, this bookhelps readers to better understand flawed argumentation and develop logical literacy. Unrivaled in its breadth of coverage and a worthy companion to its sister volume Just the Arguments (2011), Bad Arguments is an essential tool for undergraduate students and general readers looking to hone their critical thinking and rhetorical skills.

Challenges the notion that immigrants do not learn the English language while living in this country, arguing that while English is being learned more and more, individual native languages are being left behind.

"Chapters IX, XVIII, XXIII and XXIV are by ... Samuel S. Dale."--Preface.