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Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment
Anita Elberse · Henry Holt and Co. |
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Why the future of popular culture will revolve around ever bigger bets on entertainment products, by one of Harvard Business School’s most popular professorsWhat’s behind the phenomenal success of entertainment businesses such as Warner Bros., Marvel Entertainment, and the NFL—along... |
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Idiot's Guides: Making Money with Rental Properties
Kimberly Smith , · ALPHA |
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It takes an incredible amount of know-how to be a successful landlord. Idiots Guides Making Money with Rental Properties is written by experts who have made the mistakes and learned the lessons. They have become successful at spotting high-rent properties, buying them at the right price... |
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TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking
Chris J Anderson · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 269
Format: Print book |
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A New York Times Bestseller For anyone who has ever been inspired by a TED talk ... ...this is an insider's guide to creating talks that are unforgettable. Since taking over TED in the early 2000s, Chris Anderson has shown how carefully crafted short talks can be the key to unlocking... |
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Move: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead
Rosabeth Moss Kanter · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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"America has been waiting for a call to think big and act big as we envision our transportation future. Kanter's important book is it." -- Deval Patrick, governor of Massachusetts, 2007 -- 2015Americans are stuck. We live with travel delays on congested roads, shipping delays... |
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Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Simon Sinek · Portfolio Trade; Reprint edition
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback |
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Why do you do what you do? Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their success over and over?... |
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The International Bank of Bob: Connecting Our Worlds One $25 Kiva Loan at a Time
Bob Harris · Walker & Company |
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Hired to review some of the most luxurious accommodations on Earth, and then inspired by a chance encounter in Dubai with the impoverished workers whose backbreaking jobs create such opulence, Bob Harris had an epiphany: he would turn his own good fortune into an effort to make lives like... |
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Miss Manners Minds Your Business
Judith Martin · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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A witty guide to managing a real life wisely in a work-centered world. What do your colleagues, overlords, underlings, clients, and customers have in common? Not knowing how much they annoy you. Not to mention how much you may be annoying them. The route from cubicle to corner office is strewn... |
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Scaling Lean: Mastering the Key Metrics for Startup Growth
Ash Maurya · Portfolio Penguin
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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Is your "big idea" worth pursuing? What if you could test your business model earlier in the process - before you've expended valuable time and resources? You've talked to customers. You've identified problems that need solving, and maybe even built a minimum viable... |
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