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The case for Business Books
By Porchlight
Seth wrote last week about business books and pondered why people don't read them. The whole post is a must read for our audience. Here is the killer quote: "If you went to a doctor who told you that she hadn't read a scholarly article or taken any training since med school, would you stick around?
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry
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Blog / News & Opinion
Can't Get Away and Zippy Reading
By Porchlight
I was out of town for the past few days. I left the computer at home (a huge feat; ask my wife) and didn't bring any books with me. I thought I would decompress a bit and enjoy the time away.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / Staff Picks
See Jane Lead
Book Review by Porchlight
I've had this advanced copy on my desk for a while, and finally had the chance to page through it this morning. I'm always interested in business books directed specifically toward women in business. Sometimes these "girl power" books only reinforce unhealthy attitudes among female professionals who grumble about their minority status in male-dominated fields, yet fail to take action that promotes change.
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / News & Opinion
Sushi with an approval stamp.
By Porchlight
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to create a create a recommendation program for Japanese restaurants operating outside of Japan; according to The American, that's more than 20,000 restaurants -- 9,000 of which reside in the U. S. The Ministry's goal is to educate the world about Japanese cuisine -- the preparation, the history, and the ingredients.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
links for 2007-05-03
By Porchlight
101 Mission Statements From Top Companies>>The Wall Street Journal | Telling a Big Story in a Few Words The book, he says, is about that great modern creation, the "company positioning statement known generally as a mission statement. " (tags: businessbooks public_relations strategy) The Last Tycoons >> The Economist | Clash of the titans More illuminating are Mr Cohan's descriptions of the scheming, politicking and general dysfunction that was Lazard. .
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
Mommy Millionaire Rocks
By Porchlight
Mommy Millionaire: How I Turned My Kitchen Table Idea Into A Million Dollars and How You Can Too! by Kim Lavine is one of the best startup books of the year. The problem that Lavine deals with wonderfully is the eternal challenge facing all startup books: how do you breathe new life into material, which, for 90 percent of your audience, is fundamentally a commodity?
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
Invaders from Unexpected Fronts
By Porchlight
Again from Profit from The Core by Chris Zook: The discovery of new uninhabited market territory frequently brings invaders from unexpected directions. Consider the following: Kodak's pursuit of the digital camera market encounters unfamilar competitors Hewlett-Packard and Canon. Quaker Oat's attempt to expand Snapple beverages run directly into new drink initiatives of Coca-Cola, with its unassailable distribution infrastructure.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
The Frontal Assault
By Porchlight
From Profit from The Core by Chris Zook: Strategy, Liddell Hart's history of military strategy, examines the successes and failures of military campaigns to take over territory going back to the Peloponnesian Wars. Hart finds that armies that make a frontal assault on an entrenched position lose virtually 100 percent of the time, even with superior forces. He argues that an indirect approach is essential to increasing the odds of victory.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
What arrived today.
By Porchlight
Earlier today, a delivery man brought us this: Upon a closer examination, we found it was from an author: Inside was something edible. To my knowledge, it's our first ever front-cover-cake. So Jack had to try it out.
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry
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Blog / News & Opinion
Moneyball
By Porchlight
In Michael Lewis' brilliant book Moneyball, he tells the story of Billy Beane the GM from the Oakland Athletics. Beane is asked to present to Major League Baseball the reason his organization has been so successful with no little money spent on big name, quality baseball players. His first PowerPoint slide said.
Categories: news-opinion