Reading The Monk and the Riddle highlighted “facts” about entrepreneurship that I knew, but often forget about. Entrepreneurship is always viewed as being very glamourous. It is easy to think that an entrepreneur waives his or her magic wand and an extremely successful company emerges. I often forget how many obstacles an entrepreneur must face and overcome in order to achieve his or her end goal. The way in which this book follows the story of Lenny, the reader is reminded of all the blood, sweat and tears that are required to achieve the glamour. I found it interesting that Randy focused on the reason why Lenny was pursuing Funerals.com. This is something I often forget about when talking about entrepreneurs or when analyzing at a start-up.