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Tag Archives: Books
I’m On LinkedIn – Now What???
Jason Alba of JibberJobber fame has written a book about LinkedIn titled “I’m On LinkedIn – Now What???”. The book is an excellent guide for new members and those of us who use LinkedIn only in a basic way. But … Continue reading
The Job-Seeker’s Guide To Resume Search Optimization and the Internet-Age Resume
Dan Sweet has published an e-book titled The Job-Seeker’s Guide To Resume Search Optimization and the Internet-Age Resume. It is a long title but it says what this is all about. What It’ll Show You How To Do: How To … Continue reading
Mastering Business Without Spending a Fortune
Josh Kaufman has a very interesting concept called The Personal MBA. It is available as a PDF-file over at ChangeThis. The introduction goes like this: Business schools don’t have a monopoly on worldly wisdom. If you care more about increasing … Continue reading
You are Being Lied To and Other Truths
Larry Winget has written a manifesto called You are Being Lied To and Other Truths over at ChangeThis. It is time well spent to read the dozen pages. Larry writes this about himself: All I am really an expert at … Continue reading
Lessons from a Starfish World
I found a very interesting document over at ChangeThis, Lessons from a Starfish World written by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom. Summary: Such seemingly dissimilar groups as the Apache Indians, music swapping programs, Wikipedia, Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Queda have … Continue reading
The Medici Effect
The Medici Effect is a book about creativity and innovation written by Frans Johansson. The name alludes to The Medici family that helped to spur the beginning of the Italian Renaissance. The Medici Effect is about what happens at intersections, … Continue reading
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The Art of the Start
Guy Kawasaki, a former Apple Fellow and entrepreneur extraordinaire, talks about up-starting a start-up. In a preview from his book, “The Art of the Start” Guy encourages entrepreneurs to make meaning, make mantra, and get going. According to Kawasaki, some … Continue reading
The Long Tail
Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Wired, says that the future belongs to those that serve the millions of untapped niche markets as well as they serve the masses. Read his manifesto at ChangeThis to find out how unlimited shelf space and … Continue reading
25 Ways to Distinguish Yourself
Rajesh Setty writes in a manifesto at ChangeThis that “being part of the commodity crowd erodes your value.” You need to rise above the crowd by following Setty’s 25 ways. In his blog are many more ways, current number is … Continue reading
The Care and Feeding of Your Network
The Care and Feeding of Your Network is a useful document at the ChangeThis website. You can read about the Five steps to greatness in Networking and more about networking. Their definitions of the word network makes you think: Network … Continue reading