Books from Portfolio
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The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice
By Todd HenryWe must deal with systems, processes, and protocol in executing our ideas. We have to deal with the everyday demands of communicating and creating interdependently. While we certainly gain new opportunities when we organize around the ...
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All the Money in the World: What the Happiest People Know about Wealth
By Laura VanderkamSee Vacations; Weekend activities LendingClub, 191-92 Lerner, Rebecca, 146–47, 151 Levine, Suzanne Braun, 74 List of 100 Dreams, 110–13, 115 Local economy shopping local, 195–99 supporting, 157–58, 185-86 Logs. See Spending logs Lorenz, ...
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Edge: Turning Adversity Into Advantage
By Laura HuangEdge shows that success is about knowing who you are and using that knowledge unapologetically and strategically. This book will teach you how to find your unique edge and keep it sharp.
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Edge: Turning Adversity Into Advantage
By Laura HuangEdge shows that success is about knowing who you are and using that knowledge unapologetically and strategically. This book will teach you how to find your unique edge and keep it sharp.
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Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley
By Emily Chang“kill the buzz"; Ellen Pao v Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Chien denied saying this: Nellie Bowles and Liz Gannes, "All-Male Ski Trip and No Women at Al Gore Dinner: Kleiner's Chien Takes the Stand in Pao Lawsuit," Recode, Feb.
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Where Does it Hurt?: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Fixing Health Care
By Jonathan Bush, Stephen BakerThe CEO of Athenahealth reflects on his journey from ambulance driver to CEO of one of the nation's fastest-growing tech companies to outline a blueprint for improving the current health-care system through innovation, less regulation and a ...
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Eat People: And Other Unapologetic Rules for Game-Changing Entrepreneurs
By Andy KesslerThe best-selling author of Wall Street Meat argues that conservative investment practices no longer apply in today's world, outlining 12 radical and controversial rules based on the practices of leading entrepreneurs.
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Leaders: Myth and Reality
By Stanley McChrystal, Jeff Eggers, Jay MangoneDavid Rothman owned Rothman's Department Store. At the outset of his vacation, Einstein was looking for some sandals to wear on the beach. When Einstein had walked into the store looking for footwear, Rothman thought the famous ...
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BE 2. 0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2. 0): Turning Your Business Into an Enduring Great Company
By Jim Collins, William Lazier13 Apple didn't release the iPhone : “ Apple Reinvents the phone with iPhone , ” Apple Newsroom , January 9 , 2007 , https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2007/01/09Apple -Reinvents - the - Phone - with - iPhone . 13 Apple had fallen to the ...
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How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness
By Russ RobertsDrawing on current events, literature, history, and pop culture, Roberts offers an accessible and thought-provoking view of human behavior through the lenses of behavioral economics and philosophy"--
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Wild Problems: A Guide to Making Life's Biggest Decisions
By Russ RobertsFrom the host of EconTalk, a guide to decision-making when you can't crunch the numbers Algorithms and apps analyze data and tell you how to beat the traffic, what books to buy, what music to listen to, and even who to date--often with ...
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Leadership Is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say--And What You Don't
By L. David MarquetInstigated by statistician W. Edwards Deming, leaders started to move from simply observing workers to asking them what they thought. At the time, American automakers enjoyed an eager, relatively noncompetitive market for their products ...
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Work That Counts: Breaking Down the Barriers to Extraordinary Results
By Richard Lee"In this book, Richard Lee, a Silicon Valley leadership trainer, proves that you don't need to reengineer your entire organization to maximize its potential; you only need to give your people the tools to succeed inside it.
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Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America
By Jeff RyanDocuments the rise of the video-game icon, offering insight into its creation, the Hollywood and courtroom dramas triggered by the character's success, and Nintendo's marketing campaign targeting non-gamer consumers.
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The High Speed Company: Creating Urgency and Growth in a Nanosecond Culture
By Jason Jennings, Laurence HaughtonThe High-Speed Company reveals the unique practices of businesses that have proven records of urgency and growth.
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The Visual MBA
By Jason BarronIn The Visual MBA, Jason Barron offers a radical solution. When he started his Masters in Business Administration, Barron decided to draw all his notes so that other people could benefit from them.
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The Dumbest Moments in Business History: Useless Products, Ruinous Deals, Clueless Bosses, and Other Signs of Unintelligent Life in the...
By Adam HorowitzBelieving its new Model 880 could help build enthusiasm for medium - range jets , Convair aimed its pitch at Howard Hughes , then the owner of Trans World Airlines . In 1956 , TWA ordered 30 of the planes but stipulated in its contract ...
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The Personal MBA 10th Anniversary Edition
By Josh Kaufman-W.EDWARDS DEMING , PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT EXPERT AND PIONEER OF STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL ven if you make everything up as you go along , there is still a process involved , assuming that multiple steps are needed to get from point A ...
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Scale: Seven Proven Principles to Grow Your Business and Get Your Life Back
By David Finkel, Jeff HoffmanConsider a manufacturer like Brian Thomson. His company designs and manufactures a high-end line of bicycle parts. Their collections cycle starts when they buy raw materials to produce their parts and continues until three to four ...
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Fanocracy: Turning Fans Into Customers and Customers Into Fans
By David Meerman Scott, Reiko ScottIn Fanocracy, David Meerman Scott and his daughter Reiko - a baby boomer business strategist and a millennial Harry Potter fan - show readers how to build a successful fandom around their business by focusing on community, generosity, and ...