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Top 10 (Bogus) Business Books for 2009
By Porchlight
Here is a little business book humor to send you into the long weekend (for those of us in the States). Capitalist Banter has a great sendup of business books everyone should check out in 2009. Titles include "The One-Minute Micromanager" and "How to Win Friends While Under the Influence.
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Around the Web
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It's Andrew Carnegie's 173rd birthday, and the always excellent Jacket Copy recently had an insightful post on the man and his gargantuan importance to the free library system, pulling a quote from a speech of his from David Nasaw's excellent 2006 biography of the man, Andrew Carnegie. Gloria McDonough-Taub at Bullish on Books chooses the three books she's most thankful for this year. They are: The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder, The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy by David Smick, Portfolio The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes, The Book Design Review, which rarely covers business books (though Outliers has also showed up there recently), takes a look at Harvard Business Review Classics.
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Barbarians at The Gate - Twenty Years Later
By Porchlight
The Wall Street Journal site has an interview with Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, authors of Barbarians at The Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco. This year is the twentieth anniversary of the book's publications and Marketwatch's Jon Friedman ask the authors about comparisons to today's troubles and what has made the book a lasting success.
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Strategic Alliances Interview Steve Steinhilber
By Porchlight
In this interview, I talked with Steve Steinhilber, author of Strategic Alliances: Three Ways to Make Them Work. Steve heads up strategic alliances for Cisco and he has all sorts of interesting things to say about them. Consider that Cisco generates $5 billion through alliances and $10 billion for their partners.
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The Gold Medal in the Literary World
By Porchlight
Last night in New York City booksellers, publishers and authors celebrated the winners of the National Book Awards, the literary equivalent of an Olympic Gold Medal or the Oscars. Winners can be found over at the NYTimes.
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Pecha Kucha Chicago
By Porchlight
For the past year, 8cr has hosted Pecha Kucha Night in Milwaukee. Now, I'm putting the shoe on the other foot and presenting at PKN Chicago on Tuesday, December 2. Held at Martyrs (3855 N.
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Favorite tweet of the week.
By Porchlight
I watch what people are saying about business books on Tweeter. It is great. I find things I haven't seen.
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The CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers Picks 10
By Porchlight
Michael Hyatt, President & CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, has updated his ten favorite business books. They are: Focus: The Future Of Your Company Depends On It by Al Ries, HarperBusiness Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen, Penguin Books Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap. .
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Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2008
By Porchlight
Airport retailer Hudson Booksellers has announced its best books of 2008, and chosen five in the business category. They are: Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely, HarperCollins Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown and Company Simplexity: Why Simple Things Become Complex (and How Complex Things Can Be Made Simple) by Jeffrey Kluger, Hyperion Books Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming by Fred Krupp & Miriam Horn, W. W.
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For the investors: Focus on lasting demographic trends.
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James Altucher is a master chess player, founder of the site Stockpickr and author of the newly published The Forever Portfolio: How to Pick Stocks That You Can Hold for the Long Run. He suggests investing in obesity, identity theft and auto safety--lasting demographic trends. He's on the NPR site.
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