Posted by admin on 11 Nov 2009 at 12:02 am under Business
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“I strongly recommend that you buy one copy of Peopleware for yourself and another copy for your boss. If you are a boss, then buy one for everyone in your department, and buy one for your boss.”
Demarco and Lister demonstrate that the major [...]
Posted by admin on 22 Sep 2009 at 6:37 am under Business
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San Francisco Chronicle Growing a Business is highly readable….Its ideas on doing business deserve widespread circulation, discussion and recognition. — Review
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Kirkus ReviewsA standout in an overcrowded field.
Entrepreneur…a wonderful combination of hardheaded business acumen, plain common [...]
Posted by admin on 22 Sep 2009 at 6:07 am under Business
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Michael Lewis was supposed to be writing about how Jim Clark, the founder of Silicon Graphics and Netscape, was going to turn health care on its ear by launching Healtheon, which would bring the vast majority of the industry’s transactions online. So why was he spending so [...]
Posted by admin on 09 Aug 2009 at 12:14 am under Business
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From Publishers Weekly
Cusumano, a professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and coauthor of Microsoft Secrets, offers a comprehensive overview of the software business and how the right approach is key to the success of technology companies. Cusumano first identifies the key distinction between software [...]
Posted by admin on 16 Jul 2009 at 11:27 am under Business
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One of the more exciting aspects of today’s entrepreneurial boom is the emergence of formidable players with varied backgrounds; one of the more significant challenges for many of them involves learning what’s required to take their great ideas to the next (read: profitable) level. The Portable MBA, [...]
Posted by admin on 01 Jul 2009 at 12:08 pm under Business
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.” . . much more than about giving advice successfully. It’s a guide that recognizes and respects the individuality and freedom of each person you deal with in business and social dealings. It’s clear-eyed and clever and fun to read. Highly recommended.”
Order Secrets of [...]
Posted by admin on 13 Jun 2009 at 9:58 pm under Business
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Another entry in the small but growing management library that suggests purposely slowing down and smelling the roses could actually boost productivity in today’s 24/7 world, Tom DeMarco’s Slack stands out because it is aimed at “the infernal busyness of the modern workplace.” DeMarco writes, “Organizations sometimes [...]
Posted by admin on 18 Jan 2009 at 10:21 pm under Recommended
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“The fast-paced narrative by Suzanne Taylor and Kathy Schroeder provides a candid and entertaining look at Intuit and its founders.” — San Jose Mercury News, 1 February, 2004
The Exclusive Story behind Intuit’s Hard-Won Success It’s a modern-day David and Goliath story for [...]
Posted by admin on 27 Dec 2008 at 10:20 pm under Recommended
Michael Wolff, the author of NetGuide, one of the first major guides to the Net, gives you a tour of this medium that could best be described as "Alice’s Adventures Through the Monitor." Burn Rate is the story of Wolff’s transition from journalist to entrepreneur in the Internet business–a [...]
Posted by admin on 26 Dec 2008 at 9:44 am under Recommended
Michael Wolff, the author of NetGuide, one of the first major guides to the Net, gives you a tour of this medium that could best be described as "Alice’s Adventures Through the Monitor." Burn Rate is the story of Wolff’s transition from journalist to entrepreneur in the Internet business–a [...]
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