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One Sentence Summary: Prepare to have your entrepreneurial battery jumpstarted by Michael Feuer’s new book, “The Benevolent Dictator” (affiliate link). Rating: ★★★★☆ Who Should Read It: If you have ever had an itch, a small inkling, or a wild dream about starting your own business, this book is for you. Review: Looking for a killer [...]
One sentence Summary: Everything you need to know to become an elevator speech ninja (and hou you can use these skills to improve your career and personal life). Rating: ★★★★★ Who should read Small Message, Big Impact: Anyone that is interested in perfecting the art of selling, marketing, advertising, teaching, communicating, politicians – just about [...]
The One Sentence Summary: Your business model must move to one that makes every effort possible to make your customers feel valued and using social media well can assist this effort. Rating: ★★★★1/2 Who Should Read It: CEOs, small business owners, entrepreneurs, marketers, PR pros, advertisers Summary: Thank You Economy (amazon affiliate link) is Gary [...]
Yesterday I provided a bit of a fluffy overview of Stefan Swanepoel’s “Surviving Your Serengeti” (amazon affiliate link) But why? The reality is that it is a tough, gritty book that wipes away many of the romantic notions of the African savanna. In many ways, I was reminded of Hemingway’s writing and short, journalistic style [...]
Have you ever noticed that some people seem to have all the luck. No matter where they are or what field they choose to go into, they discover great fortune at every turn. What if you could join their ranks, learn all their secrets, and discover your own path to success? Would you take it? [...]
Have you ever had a chance to review books? If you are running a blog and you review books, you have more than likely been contacted by a publisher or two to read and review a book. Here’s how this typically goes. First, they email you and ask if you are interested in reading a [...]
Want to win a copy of Barry Libert’s book, Social Nation? Check out the giveaway toward to bottom of this post. Now onto the review. Do you remember this scene? Dorothy’s home crashes to the ground and she cautiously approaches the door? Slowly, every so slowly, she opens the front door of the home to [...]
Social Nation is a different kind of social media book. I’m only a couple chapters into it, but Barry has taken the social aspect into a realm that I haven’t see too many others talk about. Though it is a book about social media, it’s scope is far bigger than that.
There are books and then there Books. Junger’s “War” (amazon affiliate link) is the latter type. It is a book that every American should read so we can collectively understand what it means to send our young men and women into harm’s way. Summary War is Junger’s no holds barred, gritty look inside of an Army platoon [...]
Have you ever wondered what makes Steve Jobs tick? How did become so creative? What are his secrets to innovation? You no longer need to wonder because Carmine Gallow is about to release a new book called “The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs: Insanely Different Principles for Breakthrough Success” (amazon affiliate link). I was fortunate [...]
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