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CEO Update writes about CEO-READ
By Porchlight
Jacqueline Blais interviewed us about the company. She says nice things.
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Tribes Released!
By Porchlight
What many (including Todd) are calling Seth's best book since Purple Cow, and some are even calling his best book ever, goes on sale today. Entitled Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, it describes the new paradigm of marketing as (and) leadership. Seth wrote of the book on his blog today: .
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Publishers Hedging Their Book Bets
By Porchlight
With the present financial madness, publishers have been hedging their bets on how fast they can turn around the next big financial book. The folks over at The Economist recently researched the extent of the hedging. They counted at minimum 18 books on the crisis that are either in the works or already in the shops.
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Guest Post: Invest in Your Networks by Jonathan Salem Baskin and Michael Cayley
By Porchlight
Jonathan Salem Baskin and Michael Cayley met through the concurrent release of their manifestos in the 50th issue of ChangeThis, and have coauthored the following article on the nature of networks and crisis leadership. Looking for Leadership? Invest in Your Networks by Michael Cayley & Jonathan Salem Baskin Lincoln and Roosevelt are heralded as great American leaders in times of crisis, and their vision and fortitude are recognized as drivers of their historic accomplishments.
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Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year
By Porchlight
The Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year was announced last night at a Gala Dinner in New York, and congratulations are in order for Mr. Mohamed El-Erian. He has won the prize for his book When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change.
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Six Pixels' Book Recommendations
Book Review by Porchlight
On October 9th, Mitch Joel of The Six Pixels of Separation Blog posted a list of six Books You Need To Read To Succeed In Business . The post generated quite a lot of buzz, suggesting that, contrary to popular opinion, people still read books. The list was: The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual by Rick Levine Christopher Locke, Doc Searls & David Weinberger Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky Life After the 30-Second Spot: Energize Your Brand With a Bold Mix of Alternatives to Traditional Advertising by Joseph Jaffe Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin Re-Imagine!
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New Excerpt - The New Paradigm for Financial Markets
By Porchlight
Todd mentioned on Monday that Borders' business-book buyer listed George Soros' The New Paradigm for Financial Markets as a book he'd recommend for the credit crisis. We have posted an excerpt of that book on our excerpts blog. I recently finished the book myself, and would agree that it helps explain the crisis we're in, or at least the second half does.
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The New Paradigm for Financial Markets
By Porchlight
George Soros has led an extraordinary life, having survived Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia to become one of the richest men in the world. He is one of the most successful financial speculators in the world, and as such, has a deep understanding of financial markets. He released a book in May, The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means, in which he stated "Eventually, the U.
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More Meltdown Recommendations from The Wall Street Journal
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The Weekend Edition of The Wall Street Journal has a regular feature called Five Best, where the editors ask an expert about the five books that best represent a topic. They have done personal finance and advertising just to name a few. This past weekend, the subject was financial meltdowns.
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What Borders Is Selling For the Credit Crisis
By Porchlight
In today's Wall Street Journal, Borders business-book buyer Michael D'Agostini says there are five titles that seems to be of most interest to credit concerned consumers visiting his stores: The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers and the Great Credit Crunch by Charles Morris The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy by David Smick The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means by George Soros Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and The Global Crisis of American Capitalism by Kevin Phillips Crash Proof: How to Profit from the Coming Economic Collapse by Peter Schiff The article also says that you will probably find a similar display at your local Barnes & Noble the next time you visit.
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