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My Review of Portfolio's Book Reviews
By Porchlight
I think AdAge jumped the gun a bit in their accusation that Conde Nast's new business magazine, Portfolio, was going light on their book reviews. I think their coverage is through, critical, and refreshing. Roger Lowenstein (When Genius Failed) wrote an extensive review of Taleb's The Black Swan.
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links for 2007-04-27
By Porchlight
Stealing Your Life >> The Dangers of Identity Theft | INC. Magazine "Nobody knows the ins and outs of identity fraud better than Frank Abagnale [who Leonardo DiCaprio portrayed in Catch Me If You Can]. .
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Being a Servant
By Porchlight
Let me begin with our office setting: If you haven't heard about our work environment (or have yet to stop by and say hi), here's an introduction. The building we have been in for the last 10 years is an old pantyhose and make-up factory warehouse. The space is large, wide-open, and undivided by cube walls.
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Also by Frank Abagnale (Catch Me If You Can)
By Porchlight
Frank Abagnale, the legendary check forger and imposter and author of Catch Me If You Can, has another book out, Stealing Your Life: The Ultimate Identity Theft Prevention Plan. And according to Inc. Magazine, entrepreneurs are especially at risk.
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Safe Is Not Safe (Failure - Part 4 of A Series)
By Porchlight
I think there is a general acceptance in business today doing the same thing year after year is not going to work. If you need data to confirm it, here is results from Chris Zook's latest book Unstoppable: [W]e found that 153 of the top 500 companies in 1994 did not even survive the following decade intact. They either ended up in bankruptcy or were acquired and integrated into a larger company.
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links for 2007-04-26
By Porchlight
Where Have All the Leaders Gone? >>The Wall Street Journal | The Retirement That Roared To borrow a movie phrase from the 1970s -- the anachronism seems strangely appropriate -- Lee Iacocca is mad as hell and he's not gonna take it anymore. He thinks you shouldn't, either.
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Wii-ly Cool
By Porchlight
In a current Business 2. 0 article, "How the Wii is Creaming the Competition," John Gaudiosi discusses how Nintendo remade itself with its latest gaming system: the Wii. If you haven't heard of it, Wii is a relatively inexpensive, motion-controlled system that blends physical activity with the video game environment.
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links for 2007-04-25
By Porchlight
The Black Swan>>The Wall Street Journal | Shattering the Bell Curve Life isn't fair. Many of the most coveted spoils -- wealth, fame, links on the Web -- are concentrated among the few. If such a distribution doesn't sound like the familiar bell-shaped curve, you're right.
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A Manifesto from a Praised Young Person.
By Porchlight
Did you see the WSJ's Weekend Journal this past Friday? Smack dab in the middle of the front floats a large-headed young employee with his nose to the sky. The article, "The Most-Praised Generation Goes to Work.
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Your Chances Are Not Good (Failure - Part 3 in a Series)
By Porchlight
Chris Zook is the head of Bain's Strategy Practice and the author of three books on growth. Michael Porter created the framework for how most think about strategy. Zook's work provide clues on how to improve your chance of success.
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