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Summary, Analysis & Review of Brad Stone's The Everything Store by Instaread
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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon recounts the rise of Amazon since it was founded in 1994. Simultaneously, the book is a partial biography of the company's CEO and founder, Jeff Bezos, whose personality, values, and life experiences have had enormous influence shaping the company as it exists today. He is a much-feared but much-respected leader...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Eric Schmidt's How Google Works and NOT the original book.
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In How Google Works (2014), Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg share some of the new perspectives on management they gained during their tenure at Google. Google's work culture has achieved iconic status and has become the subject of both admiration and parody...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Gary Taubes's The Case Against Sugar by Instaread
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The Case Against Sugar argues that sugar is a toxic substance responsible for a wide array of health problems including diabetes, cancer, and Alzheimer's disease. Author Gary Taubes recounts the history of how sugar came to be cultivated and ultimately refined into the cheap, ubiquitous substance that is eaten globally today. He takes on the American sugar industry...
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MONEY Master the Game by Tony Robbins - A 15-minute Summary & Analysis Inside this Instaread:
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• Analysis of the themes, important people and author style
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Money, Master the Game is a book by life coach, Tony Robbins. In this book, Robbins outlines...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Ray Kroc's Grinding It Out with Robert Anderson by Instaread
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Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's is Ray Kroc's rags-to-riches story of how he built the fast-food behemoth McDonald's from the ground up. His book has been widely recognized as a business executive's bible for how to succeed. Kroc narrates his life story and demonstrates how the grit and determination he used as a paper cup salesman led him...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Jonah Berger's Contagious by Instaread
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Contagious: Why Things Catch On is a playbook for marketing in the internet age, when products and ideas live or die based on whether or not they can go viral. Author Jonah Berger describes six principles that, when applied together, can often predict whether an idea or product will spread.
Any product or idea can go viral. It doesn't take a big advertising budget or...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Paco Underhill's Why We Buy and NOT the original book.
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In Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping (1999), Paco Underhill details the factors that influence consumer choices and preferences and explains how retailers tailor the environment to induce people to spend. Underhill's team closely studied every detail of shoppers' interactions with the retail environment to find out what inhibits or encourages spending...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Sam Walton's & et al Made in America and NOT the original book.
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Sam Walton: Made in America (1992) by Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton is an autobiographical account of how Walton, who came from modest means and grew up during the Great Depression, became the proprietor of the largest retailer in the United States. Walton's passion, ambition, and competitive spirit drove him to succeed...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad and NOT the original book.
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Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad (1997) is an educational story that contrasts the mindsets of the rich and the poor. The Poor Dad is the main character's biological father, who works as a college professor...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma and NOT the original book.
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2006) is a serious examination of four approaches to food production in the United States: industrial, industrial organic, sustainable, and foraging. Author Michael Pollan tries to resolve what he calls the omnivore's dilemma, or the problem of deciding what and how to eat from among...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Malcolm Gladwell's Blink and NOT the original book.
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In Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005), Malcolm Gladwell argues that first impressions are often surprisingly accurate. Having less information and making decisions quickly leads to better outcomes in many cases...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Ross Sorkin's Too Big to Fail and NOT the original book.
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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System-and Themselves (2009) begins in March 2008 when Richard S. Fuld Jr., CEO of Lehman Brothers, received a phone call from Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. Bear Stearns, the smallest of the "Big Five" Wall Street investment banks, would be sold or...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Peter F. Drucker's The Effective Executive and NOT the original book.
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The Effective Executive (1967) by Peter Drucker summarizes the author's experiences and observations as a time management and team dynamics consultant. Drucker considers everyone who manages his or her personal time to be an executive, and he believes anyone can learn to be an effective executive...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Seth Godin's Purple Cow and NOT the original book.
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Seth Godin's Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable (2003) is a short book about marketing remarkable products. Godin argues that marketing has changed drastically since the early days of television and that most companies have been slow to adapt...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Steven Levitt's & et al SuperFreakonomics and NOT the original book.
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SuperFreakonomics (2009) by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner is a follow-up to the authors' previous book Freakonomics (2005). Like the previous book, SuperFreakonomics describes research and innovative ideas in the field of behavioral economics for the casual reader...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Don Tapscott's Blockchain Revolution and NOT the original book.
Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott describe the potential for blockchain systems to change the way that governments, banks, corporations, and private citizens manage everything from money to personal health data.
Blockchain systems are based on writings attributed to Satoshi Nakamoto, which is the pseudonym of an anonymous technologist.
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Tony Robbins's & et al Unshakeable and NOT the original book.
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Unshakeable (2017) by Tony Robbins with Peter Mallouk is a concise guide to smart investing for both experienced and novice investors. Those without plenty of investing experience often lose out financially because they don't understand the complex rules of the financial market and make uninformed choices, some of which are driven by fear...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Erlend Bakke's Never Work Again and NOT the original book.
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In Never Work Again: Work Less, Earn More & Live Your Freedom (2014) Erlend Bakke offers strategies based on his own success as an entrepreneur running three businesses. Bakke makes as much as $20,000 a month by working, on average, just a little over an hour a day...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation and NOT the original book.
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Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser is an investigative exploration of the fast-food industry and how it affects consumers. Fast-food restaurants became prominent in the 1940s as car ownership and suburban expansion grew across the United States. Richard and Maurice McDonald started an innovative hamburger business that cut costs to a minimum,...
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a Summary, Analysis & Review of the book and NOT the original book. Preview: In Phishing for Phools, George Akerlof and Robert Shiller explain the economics of fraud by incorporating fraudulent and unfair transactions into free-market economic models. Conventional economic models that presuppose a free market often assume that customers make decisions based on their long-term interests. Summary, Analysis and Review of George Akerlof's...
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