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Cinderella or Cyberella
By Porchlight
Two leading scholars in the gender and information technology field have put together essays that bridge women in age, culture and educational backgrounds. These writings are found within the book Cinderella or Cyberella? and they provide women with the information to be more empowered in finance, work and families.
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Book reviews in The Economist
Book Review by Porchlight
The Economist regularly reviews history, business, and nonfiction books in its "Books and arts" section. This week, two reviews caught my eye. Here are brief excerpts from the reviews.
Categories: staff-picks
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Finding new books to read.
By Porchlight
Ben Casnocha (My Start-Up Life) blogged about and added to Tyler Cohen's (Discover Your Inner Economist) post on how to find new book recommendations. Both have good recommendations on where to start. Ben mentioned us as the spot to find out about business books (thanks, Ben!
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New Spanish Titles
By Porchlight
Welcome back from the holiday! ! Hope everyone had a safe and fun-packed weekend!
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The train wreck that was Bear Stearns
By Porchlight
Caption: "An August conference call fails to calm investors. " On Tuesday May 27, The Wall Street Journal begins a three part analysis of the collapse of Bear Stearns. Buffeted by the most treacherous market forces in a generation and hobbled by indecision, the firm's leaders missed opportunities that might have been able to save the 85-year-old brokerage.
Categories: news-opinion
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Powerlines Bonus
By Porchlight
Being placed at the crux of an industry as we are means we're sometimes privy to material you may not see elsewhere. Authors sometimes send us reviews and articles to post, for example, and we were able to post "the lost chapter" of Dan Roam's book on ChangeThis. I've just posted something new from Steve Cone, author of Powerlines: Words That Sell Brands, Grip Fans, and Sometimes Change History, over on our excerpts blog.
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Powerlines
By Porchlight
Being placed at the crux of the industry as we are means we are sometimes privy to material that you might not see elsewhere. Today, we have something from Steve Cone, author of Powerlines: Words That Sell Brands, Grip Fans, and Sometimes Change History. It was finished just after deadline and didn't make it into the book itself, so it's not officially an excerpt, but we thought you'd enjoy it anyway.
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Thoughts on Seth Godin's "How To Read a Business Book"
By Porchlight
Seth Godin wrote a great post on Wednesday titled How to read a business book. I encourage everyone to go read it in its entirety. The main points are that business books are essentially recipes for action, but that the majority of a book's words are spent convincing and motivating the reader to action.
Categories: news-opinion, the-company
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Roam on Television
Book Review by Porchlight
Back of the Napkin author Dan Roam has made the rounds of cable television lately, appearing on Fox Business, CNN Money and MSNBC's Consultant's Corner. In both the CNN and FOX interviews, Dan breaks down Microsoft's bid for Yahoo on his whiteboard, and implements the same approach on MSNBC to explain how small businesses can be heard in the marketplace. If you're going to watch only one, I would suggest the one from FOX (I've placed it at the bottom of this post.
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Read Books, Any Kind Will Do
By Porchlight
Florian Hollender at Killer Consultant recommends gurus read something other than business books every once in a while. He says you'll relax, get new ideas, and enjoy reading business books more.
Categories: news-opinion