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Blog / ChangeThis
30 Days-Notice: Or, Death of a Saleswoman
By Porchlight
30 Days-Notice is a countdown to Aly Hensler's final day as a traveling saleswoman, with each chapter chronicling a day in that month. In a foray into creative nonfiction, we at ChangeThis have the honor to share two of those days with you. "No one expected me to leave. In a world of shifting loyalties and job hopping, Widgets Inc. is the kind of rare place that people retire at, where a sales representative can pull in a comfortable base salary, company car, and expense account."
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Blog / News & Opinion
ChangeThis: Issue 53
By Porchlight
The 53rd issue of ChangeThis has been published for you holiday-season reading enjoyment. Excerpts and links below. ::::: Better Than Free by Kevin Kelly "The Internet is a copy machine.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
POW! | Round 2
By Porchlight
Last month, you met Andy Nulman. He has a book coming out early in 2009. Here at the 8cr blog we're the sole hosts of five videos created by Andy.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Best Books of 2008 From the FT Management Blog
By Porchlight
If you follow business books, you no doubt know that The Financial Times and Goldman Sachs award one book each year The Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year. What you may have escaped your business book radar is The Financial Times Management Blog and their picks of the 2008 crop. Most of the books that made the FT/Goldman Sachs shortlist made this list as well (I'll point them out below), the sole exception being William J.
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Blog / Staff Picks
Business Book Reviews in 140 Characters or Less
Book Review by Porchlight
Mitch Joel of Six Pixels of Seperation is posting to a twitter account called bizbookreview. He is two days into it and he has 17 updates. I am following to see how it evolves.
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / News & Opinion
Slogging Through Business Books
By Porchlight
Joe Wikert of O'Reilly Media says he is giving up on business books. He gives the standard complaint of recently reading a business book and determining about halfway through it that the book was terrible. He thinks the answer is online in blogs and articles.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
InBubbleWrap - The Great Game of Business
By Porchlight
I'm sure you already know that Jack and Todd have a book coming out in February about the best books the business genre has produces over the years. Well, on top of the The Countdown Book Club, we've thought of another way we can get some of the books they discuss in their book in your hands. We're starting a new series of special giveaways over on InBubbleWrap.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Fast Company's Best of 2008
By Porchlight
Fast Company chose its business books of the year last week. David Lidsky wrote the copy, stating: The titles that follow run the gamut of what Fast Company covers: Innovation, creativity, design, sustainability, technology, advertising and marketing, global business, and entertainment. The theme running through them is that new ideas are the lifeblood of business, and the process of finding and sharing new ideas is essential to success.
Categories: jack-covert-selects
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70 Days Until The 100 Best
By Porchlight
We have not been publicly talk much about the book lately, but there has been a lot going on behind the scenes. We are working on events in a number of cities. Jack and I have been going back and interviewing all of the authors featured in the book.
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Blog / News & Opinion
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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