Uncategorized Posts
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Blog / ChangeThis
Acceptable Loss: A Formula For How to Fail Quickly and Cheaply, and Ultimately Succeed
By Porchlight
"If you looked at the way entrepreneurs act, you would be tempted to conclude there is not a lot to be learned from studying them. You would have to be Bill Gates to start Microsoft and Oprah Winfrey to begin Harpo. But if you look at the way they think, you will discover amazing similarities. When successful entrepreneurs head off into the unknown—and there is nothing more unknown than starting a new company—they ... reduce it to a formula. They: Act. Learn. Build (off that learning.) And Repeat. But notice what is going on, because the steps are small, and so is what it puts at risk. It's a way of keep potential failures from being devastating."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / Interviews
A Q&A with Peter D. Kiernan
By Porchlight
We continue our Thinker in Residence series with an interview with Peter Kiernan delving into the nature of the middle class and the American psyche
Categories: interviews
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Blog / Staff Picks
The Fly Trap
Book Review by Porchlight
Swedish entomologist Fredrik Sjöberg shares ruminations born from a life spent collecting, cataloging, and studying one very specific creature.
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / Interviews
Peter D. Kiernan
By Porchlight
We begin our Thinker in Residence with Peter Kiernan, author of American Mojo, with an article from him about what compelled him to write the book.
Categories: interviews
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Blog / New Releases
Holacracy by Brian Robertson
By Porchlight
Is the Holacracy movement right for your company? Learn from the creator, Brian Robertson.
Categories: new-releases
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Blog / Book Giveaways
I Know How She Does It
By Porchlight
Laura Vanderkam is going to teach you how, or show you that you already do, "have it all."
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Who Gets What—and Why by Alvin E. Roth
By Porchlight
Alvin E. Roth's new book Who Gets What—and Why, schools us in how different markets work, and how to make them work better.
Categories: jack-covert-selects
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Blog / Staff Picks
Skyfaring: A Journey With a Pilot by Mark Vanhoenacker
Book Review by Porchlight
Mark Vanhoenacker's new book Skyfaring is a beautifully constructed, exquisitely written love letter to flying.
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / Excerpts
Star Brands by Carolina Rogoll
By Porchlight
In Star Brands, Carolina Rogoll introduces us to the star brand model, "a perfect intersection of solid marketing and management theory."
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / New Releases
The Aspirational Investor
By Porchlight
In The Aspirational Investor Ashvin B. Chhabra describes an an entirely new approach to managing wealth that he calls the Wealth Allocation Framework
Categories: new-releases