Blog
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Blog / ChangeThis
Breakthrough Technologies Don't Create Transformative Growth. Breakthrough Business Models Do.
By Mark W. Johnson
"Adding digital capability to a product or to an entire business may improve it and make it more profitable, but technology alone is not enough to propel the kind of sustained growth that can transform your whole enterprise. The business model that goes with that technology is absolutely key to its success or failure. This was true when Amazon sold its first book online in 1995, when Netflix shipped its first DVD in 1998, and when Apple launched its revolutionary iPod in 2001. It was true in 2011, when Uber dispatched its first car, and it is even more true today. But it is still not widely understood."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / New Releases
Business Books to Watch in July
By Porchlight
12 books being published in July (with one gem we missed pulled in from late June) that we'll be focusing our attention on over the course of the month.
Categories: new-releases, narrative-biography, publishing-industry, the-company
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Blog / Book Giveaways
The Leader Habit: Master the Skills You Need to Lead--In Just Minutes a Day
By Porchlight
Martin Lanik helps us unlock our leadership capabilities with the power of practice and science of habit.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Blog
800-CEO-READ Business Bestsellers for June 2018
By Porchlight
The bestselling business books at 800-CEO-READ for June 2018.
Categories: the-company
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Blog / Book Giveaways
A Hand-Picked Summer Giveaway
By Porchlight
This week's winners will receive two books handpicked by our editorial director.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Reinforcements: How to Get People to Help You
Book Review by Porchlight
Heidi Grant's new book will show you how to be better able to ask for the help you need, and improve the lives of others—perhaps the world—in the process.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / Excerpts
Never Stop Learning: Stay Relevant, Reinvent Yourself, and Thrive
By Porchlight
In his new book, Bradley R. Staats explains how one of the keys to life-long learning is simply being true to yourself.
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Squeezed: Why Our Families Can't Afford America
By Porchlight
Alissa Quart's new book explores how high child care costs, changing economic realities, and harsh workplace policies are squeezing an already benighted middle class.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Frenemies: The Epic Disruption of the Ad Business (and Everything Else)
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Ken Auletta has written an in-depth account of the advertising industry, those who lead it today, and those trying to disrupt it.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
By Porchlight
Jaron Lanier uncovers the ways in which our behavior is being modified by social media, and makes ten arguments for quitting it.
Categories: giveaways
