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Do All Business Strategy Books Suck? (#4) Guest Post by Catalyst:SF’s John...

The story so far (skip this paragraph if you already know): Last week, Brian Reich threw down a challenge about all business strategy books sucking, to which I replied, set up the Twitter hashtag...

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Do All Business Strategy Books Suck? (#5) Guest Post by Northwestern’s Don E....

The story so far (skip this paragraph if you already know): Last week, Brian Reich threw down a challenge about all business strategy books sucking, to which I replied, set up the Twitter hashtag...

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The Problem with Micropayments, and an Alternative

Many years ago I lived in Ireland for my junior college year and stayed in a dorm where they kept the rooms crisp. I could stick a 25 pence coin into a little toaster in my room that would blast out...

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15 Books

[Cross-posted from Facebook because ultimately I realized that there was nothing TOO personal here... with the possible exception of #5...] I saw my old friend Debbie Ginsberg get tagged with this and...

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On the Pleasures of Re-Reading vs. Blogging

On a recent road-trip with my eight-year-old daughter, H, we visited with a favorite former student of mine, Y, who is now a high-test corporate attorney. We met at the Emeryville Barnes & Noble...

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Open Letter to Jeff Bezos: Please Create an Amazon.com Tip Jar

[Cross-posted with the iMedia Connection blogs.] Dear Jeff, I’m a fan, a BIG fan, both of you and of Amazon.com. Want specifics? I got the very first Kindle and later the Kindle Dx. Love ‘em, and...

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The lack of persistence of childhood memories

As a parent, watching my kids grow bumps into memories of my own childhood, sometimes with stark clarity and sometimes like when you forget about that top step when walking up a staircase in a dream....

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FOUND! That childhood book I couldn’t remember…

For any of you interested in my quest to find a childhood book that I couldn’t identify, my sanity has been saved by the father/son team of Jerry and David Daniel. Jerry spied my plea for help on...

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And the Geek Shall Inherit the Earth, or Why to See “The Social Network”

[Cross posted with the iMedia Connection blogs.] This isn’t a movie review, although I will talk about the movie “The Social Network” that came out last weekend. Instead, in this short post I argue...

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Short Post: Stupid Business Advice, NOT from Shakespeare

A blogger I follow recently posted a link to “5 Career Lessons from Shakespeare,” an article on Mint.com that was recycled from AskMen.com. Since I’ve spent more than my fare share of time thinking...

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