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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: Having a great product or service is vitally important for
today's entrepreneurs. But many mistakenly think that their creation alone will generate mass consumership. It will not. Russel Brunson's “Traffic Secrets” (2020) explains how to self-manufacture several streams of customer traffic in today's increasingly digital world. To get consumers, you must understand...
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Book Preview: #1 The author, John, was a college dropout who was always interested in entrepreneurship. He had an idea for a weighted blanket that helped people sleep better. He launched the Kickstarter campaign and raised $4. 7 million within a month.
#2 The success of John, a. k. a. the guy who sold a $3 billion company in 24 hours, seems to suggest that selling naked is a fast...
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Get the Summary of Kara Swisher's Burn Book in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Burn Book" by Kara Swisher is a personal narrative that delves into the author's extensive career in tech journalism, covering the lives and businesses of industry giants like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Steve Jobs. Swisher shares her journey from a young girl in Roslyn Harbor to a prominent journalist at the forefront of the digital...
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Book Preview: #1 The battle between entropy and extropy is a life-and-death struggle. Individual lives end, but important life lessons are passed down through DNA. If evolution continues on its path towards increasing order, complexity, and beauty, entropy will slowly recede into the shadows.
#2 The transhumanists believe that humankind's purpose is to accelerate evolution beyond...
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#1 There are two types of real estate loopholes: those that can be opened and those that can be closed. From a tax standpoint, there are real estate loopholes to be opened. From the legal side, there are real estate loopholes to be closed.
#2 Real estate offers great financial advantages to those who understand the system. It is easier to raise capital for real estate...
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#1 I had a loaded. 45 caliber handgun, and I knew my life needed to change. I had to grow. I had stepped into a rare opportunity to start my career in a management role at the Pentagon, and I was scared shitless.
#2 My first day on the job, I was escorted to a basement office, where I saw a space heater struggling to do its job against the cold leaking through the walls. I was told that since I was a woman, I would have to earn a desk.
#3 I was...
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#1 The human resources architecture of a company is the sum of the HR function, the broader HR system, and the resulting employee behaviors. It is difficult to measure the influence of HR on a company's performance, because HR's strategic assets are difficult to copy.
#2 The problem with HR is that its impact on firm strategy is difficult to see. However, this is also...
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Book Preview: #1 In 1996, the first article on Internet-based training was published in Training Magazine. That year, the e-learning market grew from a few million dollars to $3. 4 billion worldwide. But in 2002, the stock market crashed, and the e-learning industry experienced a trough of disillusionment.
#2 The last event in the time flow is the merger in the e-learning industry...
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#1 On November 11, 2015, in Beijing, the venue for the aquatics events in the Beijing Olympics, a huge digital screen displayed maps, charts, and news crawls reporting in real time the purchases of millions of consumers across China on Alibaba's websites.
#2 In China, November 11 is Singles' Day, a special annual promotion. From just twenty-seven merchants in 2009,...
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Get the Summary of Annie Duke's Quit in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Quit" by Annie Duke explores the strategic value of quitting in decision-making. The book uses examples from various fields to illustrate the importance of knowing when to quit, a skill often overshadowed by perseverance narratives. Duke discusses the 1996 Everest expedition, where climbers' decisions to turn back likely saved their lives,...
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Get the Summary of Stephen E. Ambrose's Undaunted Courage in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Undaunted Courage" chronicles the life of Meriwether Lewis, from his Virginia childhood amidst revolutionary fervor to his role as an explorer. His family's prominence in Virginia society and his upbringing instilled in him a spirit of adventure and a strong anti-British sentiment. After his father's death, Lewis's education...
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Get the Summary of Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner's How Big Things Get Done in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "How Big Things Get Done" examines the challenges and complexities of managing large-scale projects, drawing on Bent Flyvbjerg's extensive research into over 16,000 projects across various sectors. The book reveals a consistent pattern of megaprojects exceeding budgets, missing deadlines, and underdelivering...
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Get the Summary of Claire Hughes Johnson's Scaling People in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Scaling People" by Claire Hughes Johnson is a comprehensive guide to effective organizational management, emphasizing the importance of self-awareness, communication, and the distinction between management and leadership. The book illustrates how personal management philosophies shape team dynamics and the necessity of...
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Book Preview: #1 The idea that we should be able to find a job that we love is not only normal, but also easy to fulfill. But the reality is that we cannot find work that we both love and tolerate for the money.
#2 The modern world is built around the hope of how things that had previously seemed separate, such as money and creative fulfillment, can be united. However, this has been...
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Get the Summary of Jordan Cohen's The Agents Edge in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Agent's Edge" by Jordan Cohen is a comprehensive guide for both new and seasoned real estate agents. Cohen shares his journey from assisting his parents in property marketing to becoming a successful agent in the industry. He emphasizes the importance of mentorship, training, and a strong listing presentation as the foundation...
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Get the Summary of Brandon Turner (1)'s The Book on Investing In Real Estate with No and Low Money Down in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Brandon Turner's book provides a comprehensive guide to creative real estate investing, focusing on strategies that require little to no initial capital. Turner shares his personal journey, starting with no credit or cash, and building a portfolio of nearly 300 rental units through...
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Get the Summary of Ryan Holiday's ‘Trust Me, I'm Lying’ in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: Hailed as "astonishing and disturbing" by the Financial Times and "essential reading" by TechCrunch at its original publication, former American Apparel marketing director Ryan Holiday's first book sounded a prescient alarm about the dangers of fake news. It's all the more relevant today.
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Get the Summary of Tim Wu's ‘The Attention Merchants’ in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: Ours is often called an information economy, but at a moment when access to information is virtually unlimited, our attention has become the ultimate commodity. In nearly every moment of our waking lives, we face a barrage of efforts to harvest our attention. This condition is not simply the...
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