Zen Entrepreneurship: Walking the Path of the Carreer Warrior

by Rizwan Virk

Zen Entrepreneurship is a unique tale of spiritual awakening set in an unusual the business world. When Rizwan Virk was in his early 20's, starting a high tech business, he was exposed to a series of techniques to bring the magic and mystery of the "hidden worlds" into his work. This book chronicles his experiences of starting and growing a company, while bringing these techniques to life to show each of us how to bring spiritual awareness into the business world. For those in the business world, this book can teach you about Meditation, Synchronicity, Dreamwork, learning to recognize and overcome your own patterns to lead a more fulfilling career. For those who are spiritually inclined, this book can teach you how to bring that awareness into the sometimes stifling business world. Written by a successful entrepreneur and based on his own true story, Zen Entrepreneurship is for all of us who feel a call to be more spiritual, but must live and work in the ordinary world everyday.

Genres: Business, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Self Help

246 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Rizwan (“Riz”) Virk is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, bestselling author, video game industry pioneer, and independent film producer.

​Riz currently runs Bayview Labs and Play Labs @ MIT, a startup accelerator held on campus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Riz received a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from MIT, and a M.S. in Management from Stanford's GSB.

​Riz's many startups have created products used by thousands of enterprise customers, and his games have been downloaded millions of times, including Tap Fish, Bingo Run, Penny Dreadful: Demimonde, and Grimm: Cards of Fate.

Riz is a prolific Silicon Valley angel investor, having invested in many startups including Tapjoy, Telltale Games, Discord, Funzio, Pocket Gems, Moon Express and many others.

Riz has produced many indie films (imdb link), including Turquoise Rose, Thrive: What On Earth Will It Take? which has been viewed more than 70 million times, Sirius, and the cult classic Knights of Badassdom, starring Peter Dinklage and Summer Glau.

​Riz’s first book, Zen Entrepreneurship: Walking the Path of the Career Warrior, reached the top of Amazon’s business and spiritual bestseller lists.

​His startups have been featured in Inc. Magazine, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, Tech Crunch, Gamasutra, Venture Beat, and were even skewered on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He speaks regularly on subjects such as startups, video games, meditation and career success both in person and online on shows such as Coast to Coast AM.

He lives in Mountain View, CA and Cambridge, MA

Reviews

[Vadim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Книга выпускника MIT, рассказывающего о собственном опыте создания успешного технологического стартапа. Написана в художественном стиле, легко читается, после каждой главы, а также в заключении есть саммари. Это позволяет легко ее просмотреть тем, у кого мало времени на книги.

Понравившиеся идеи:
- успешный стартап тесно связан с личностью основателя (его моделями поведения, внутренними убеждениями), считающего свое дело миссией жизни;
- на старте важно правильно определить бизнес-модель, поскольку от этого зависит масштабируемость, а значит и продажи/оценка компании;
- нужно прислушиваться к своей интуиции и не забывать ежедневно медитировать, чтобы уметь фокусироваться;
- бизнес это часть жизненного пути, помогающая самопознанию и развитию, осознанности и нахождению собственного предназначения;
- важно вести дневник, куда записывать как бизнес-идеи, так и подсказки, получаемые во сне;
- наличие наставника помогает избежать ошибок на старте, в процессе привлечения капитала и в дальнейшем развитии.

[Corry MacDonald · Rating 5 out of 5]

I so enjoyed this book. I have tucked into it a few times now as happens with books that speak to the deeper and vaster part of who I am and who we are. Originally I thought this book was for my husband when I got it, but clearly the book found me. It has that mystical power embedded within it and it shows up just when I need it. As well, as a small business entrepreneur it connects the two aspects - spirituality and business - together for me. Until I read this book, my conditioning separated the two. Rizwan's personal journey of his business developing simultaneously with his awareness of how to leverage his energy to access potentials through inner connection and meditation is inspiring and speaks to all of our life journeys. Once I'm in this book it's difficult to stop reading. I highly recommend it. Be prepared for inner and outer shifts!

[Mikhail Konstantinov · Rating 4 out of 5]

Основной посыл - бизнес развивается по пути энергетической модели предпринимателя, это нужно осознавать. Медитация оказывается может помочь в бизнесе, да и проверка "на сон" - интересная идея. В купе с книжкой "Маг с явы" Данаоса Косты, возможность существования духов для меня намного повысилась:)

[Anton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book though very easy to read, did not come easy for me. My mom suggested reading it a couple of years ago, but i never had time nor real interest.
At some point last year i finally got my hands on it, and it couldn't be more on point for my current situation in life. My parents were divorcing and i was going through a lot of stress related to that and to my work situation.
I must admit this book is not for everyone, but it helped me a lot and was probably the most inspiring book i've read in ages.
Absolutely recommend!

[Vahe Tahmazyan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Except all the absurd about past lives etc this book was actually very helpful for me. There are many very nice ideas.

[Joel Kemp · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didn't like the fluffy, spiritual stuff at all.