business

Drinking from the Fire Hose

11.27.2011 books
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People in my generation were there for the real transformation to the information age. I’m not talking about the creation of the supercomputer, or the launch of the PC, or the invention of the internet. I’m talking about the 1990s, when every person, not just the IT department, suddenly had a user-friendly spreadsheet and database [...]

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The Little Book of Valuation

10.23.2011 books
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This is a highly relevant topic for my work life. I don’t value companies, but being familiar with the concept is important. And who better to walk the reader through this than Aswath Damodaran, a finance professor at the Stern School of Business at NYU? In general, he presents a great way to get a [...]

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Positioning

04.30.2011 books

This marketing book was suggested by a childhood friend and businessman named David Worrell. You can read his take on the subject in his post about lame business names. Great rant David. For me, the book is a much needed treatise on some of the most important principles in marketing. I have my own business [...]

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Harvest

04.30.2011 books

You’ve heard me talk about my hometown before. Great town, although it’s been a rocky ride lately (you know, with the flood and such). But this small town has had some successes in the last few years – a National Championship basketball team and, heck, this book entitled Harvest. Harvest is a fine piece of [...]

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The 48 Laws of Power

02.26.2011 books

I grabbed this book to discuss with a fellow reader who was reading it at the same time. I read The 50th Law (Greene’s collaboration with 50 Cent) last year and liked it. This is a completely different monster compared to that book. And a beast it is. It’s long and arduous at times. It [...]

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Linchpin

05.28.2010 books

This was a suggested book when I purchased Rework. It asks the question, “Are you indispensable?” Valid question, I guess. Somewhat motivational. Could Seth Godin deliver on the premise that he can help you become indispensable to your employer/clients? Wow, that would unlock untold riches and career fulfillment. Trust me, I’m not making fun. This [...]

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Rework

04.30.2010 books

These guys seem to have their act together. They run this Chicago company called 37 Signals which is headquartered in my neighborhood. I use a few of their products, albeit sparingly, and they are truly excellent. In fact, after reading this book, I’m going to dig a little deeper into Basecamp and Highrise because maybe [...]

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The 50th Law

02.09.2010 books

I’m not sure how I heard about this book. It may have been an Amazon suggestion. I do recall reading an article on it in the WSJ or Newsweek, it kind of grabbed me for some reason. The idea that Fifty (Curtis Jackson), if I may call him that, has some keen insights into building [...]

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Guerilla Marketing

04.12.2009 books

This is the 4th Edition, published in 2007, so it’s pretty up to date. It’s a treatise on marketing for small businesses and individuals, the breadth of which is kind of astonishing. It’s been around for a long time and Levinson has since built a whole infrastructure of co-authored books on more specialized marketing topics. [...]

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Little Gold Book of Yes Attitude

01.23.2009 books

I’ve been on quite a self-help binge lately; what with my whole mastery push for 2009 and now another Gitomer book. I’ve enjoyed this one the most so far because it really ties in with my current thinking. Historically, my way of thinking was that this whole positive attitude stuff was a bunch of bull. [...]

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Little Red Book of Sales Answers

11.15.2008 books

Yes, this is basically a self-help book. But it’s a business self-help book. Business because it focuses mostly on stuff you can do to grow your business and increase your sales. Self-help because it focuses on developing personal skills that will help you in sales rather than the strategy and tactics of closing the deal. [...]

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The Essential Drucker

09.13.2008 books

My familiarity with Drucker is mostly from reading certain excerpts of his stuff as an undergrad. I regret not “getting” the management classes I took in school. I liked pouring through the detailed concepts of finance, economics, and accounting but I didn’t expend the same amount of resources on management. In retrospect, this stunted my [...]

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