10,000 hours are needed before becoming a master of something. It doesn’t matter if you are working ricepatties, or writing software. This is according to Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book ‘Outliers: The Story of Success”

Kevin Mitnick, is the worlds ‘Most Dangerous Hacker’ who can launch nuclear missiles by whistling into a phone. Although he is good at what he did, Mitnick now educates about social engineering and what your company can do to avoid becoming a mark.

I picked up the book to learn about fast-growing startups and found myself picking up a few tips on the best roast and coolest coffee house colors from the Starbucks point of view. So what did I learn (besides the perfect foam spread)?