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Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
Taps Don, Anthony D. Williams
Portfolio Hardcover, 2008
Must read to keep up with the times!
Excellent book. I promise you'll learn a lot! Great info to take back to your organization. It provides a different mindset on how to do things and that in itself is worth the read. You'll also be amazed at what companies are doing to stay abreast and be shocked how ...
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The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
Guy Kawasaki
Portfolio Hardcover, 2004
Invaluable reference tool for anyone considering a startup
This book is great for anyone who has been toying with the idea of starting their own business.
I've been kicking around the idea of opening a pub in my city for a few years now. Since real estate has slowed so greatly in recent months (my current career) it has ...
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The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures
Dan Roam
Portfolio Hardcover, 2008
very nice
What a surprising book this is! It's easy to read, very inspiring and just fun to try it yourself. If you visit his website, you get a pdf doc with the basics; simply great.
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Billion-Dollar Lessons: What You Can Learn from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last 25 Years
Paul B. Carroll, Chunka Mui
Portfolio Hardcover, 2008
Billion Dollar Lessons - one of the most important books ever written on business strategy
This extremely well researched book is a very important addition to the available literate on the subject of business strategy and it is very unlike any other book on the subject. Most books on strategy spend a good deal of time presenting methodologies for strategy ...
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The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets: How to Keep Your Portfolio Up When the Market is Down (Little ...
Peter D. Schiff
Wiley, 2008
Excellent book
I really recommend this book to anyone who wants to know the truth about the financial situation of this country, and it is really scary.
Peter Schiff explains the situation in a way that it is very easy to understand. He gives possible scenarios of what we can expect ...
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Jim Cramer's Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World
James J. Cramer
Simon & Schuster, 2005
Believe it or not, Cramer can make you a better investor.
Having read several investment books, this book is a much needed shot in the arm in that it opens the doors to the type of independent thinking that the mutual fund industry doesn't want individual investors to engage in. Cramer's book encourages readers to move beyond ...
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The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy
David M. Smick
Portfolio Hardcover, 2008
A Must-Read For All U.S. Voters and Candidates
The impact of so-called free trade agreements have been a Pandora's Box for many in the United States who have had to suffer through off-shoring and trade imbalance. Smick argues persuasively that the influx of capital from globalization has fueled a level of growth ...
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The Gone Fishin' Portfolio: Get Wise, Get Wealthy...and Get on With Your Life (Agora Series)
Alexander Green
Wiley, 2008
A complete guide for growing your serious money
I'm a CPA, and I think this book is excellent investment coverage for inexperienced investors. It's also good for experienced investors who are honest with themselves about the net returns and excess stress their trading is generating. (To get some of the juice but ...
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Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
Seth Godin
Portfolio Hardcover, 2008
If you're looking at this page this far ahead of publication, you're probably a member of Seth Godin's tribe. And if so, you already know what this book is about. You know about waiting in line at an Apple store, or the look on a fellow Deadhead's face. You know about the way it feels to go back to the church where you grew up. You know ...
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The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing
Jason Kelly
Plume, 2007
Great book to learn the basics
I bought this book after all the positive comments from other readers. Now that I have finished reading it, I can honestly say that it has been a great purchase.
It's a good first step to get involve with the stock market. Even though it would appear to be a book ...
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The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
Ori Brafman, Rod A. Beckstrom
Portfolio Hardcover, 2006
Catch-22, Only Worse!
This book focuses on a new revolution you might have missed--what happens in movements without a hierarchy. The authors announce, "A lack of traditional leadership is giving rise to powerful groups that are turning industry and society upside down."
Cut off a ...
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How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets
Felix Dennis
Portfolio Hardcover, 2008
Excellent
Felix Dennis is unique in that he does not necessarily fit the any stereotypical mold for a borderline billionaire. He is obviously a great writer in addition to owning a grip of publications. I enjoyed how he related his desires to sing as a musician when he was ...
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The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
Seth Godin
Portfolio Hardcover, 2007
The obvious needs saying
I'm normally averse to those business advice books that state the obvious in far too many words. This isn't one of those books.
True, Godin tackles some allegedly self-evident insights on quitting (or not). But they're only self-evident when you take the time to ...
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The Knack: How Street-Smart Entrepreneurs Learn to Handle Whatever Comes Up
Norm Brodsky, Bo Burlingham
Portfolio Hardcover, 2008
Exceptional Resource for Entrepreneurs at Every Stage
Norm Brodsky has been a hero of mine for many years through his column in Inc. Magazine. His advice is a mixture of common sense and pragmatism -- ideas that make sense and can be used right away -- something that Brodsky and Burlingham provide in spades in their new ...
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Way of the Turtle: The Secret Methods that Turned Ordinary People into Legendary Traders
Curtis Faith
McGraw-Hill, 2007
Being A Turtle Doesn't Mean You Are Slow
Take a group of intelligent people, teach them a classic trend following trading system, give them some money to trade, and what do you have? One of the most fascinating trading stories ever told.
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