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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Shareology: How Sharing Is Powering the Human Economy
By Porchlight
Bryan Kramer tells us that, in an increasingly digital world, the economy will become more human and be powered by a fundamental human behavior: sharing.
Categories: jack-covert-selects
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Blog / Book Giveaways
The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: The Life and Times of Jacob Fugger
By Porchlight
Greg Steinmetz tells the story of Jacob Fugger, "the richest man who ever lived," and one that more than anyone else created the modern world.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Staff Picks
How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy
Book Review by Porchlight
Stephen Witt's tale of the music business is one of technological disruption, piracy, and an old industry coming into the modern age.
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
The Revenue Growth Habit: The Simple Art of Growing Your Business by 15% in 15 Minutes Per Day
By Porchlight
Alex Goldfayn gives busy businesspeople a quick and easy way, on quick and concise chapters, to drive revenue growth.
Categories: jack-covert-selects
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Blog / Staff Picks
Television is the New Television: The Unexpected Triumph of Old Media in the Digital Age
Book Review by Porchlight
Michael Wolff's new book details why the television industry, despite presentation changes, still reigns supreme.
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / Book Giveaways
The Misfit Economy: Lessons in Creativity from Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters and Other Informal Entrepreneurs
By Porchlight
Alexa Clay and Kyra Maya Phillips dive into the informal economy to find out what it can teach us about innovation and creativity.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / News & Opinion
Substance and Style
By Sally Haldorson
What we talk about when we talk about good writing.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / Excerpts
Make it Matter: How Managers Can Motivate by Creating Meaning
By Porchlight
Scott Mautz asks us "Do you matter at work?" and teaches managers how to make sure their employees feel they do.
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Disrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation
By Porchlight
Jay Samit tells us to be successful in life and business, we must continue to be disruptive—even, or especially, to ourselves.
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Blog / Interviews
Rich Karlgaard & Michael S. Malone on Business and Books
By Porchlight
In which we learn what questions the authors still have about business and what books have influenced them.
Categories: interviews