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David Meyer

David N Meyer is a content editor at getAbstract and author of The 100 Best Films To Rent You've Never Heard Of, Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music, The Bee Gees: The Biography, and other books. You can find his essays on film and music at davidnmeyer.com

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    For the Culture
    For the Culture
    For the Cultureby Marcus Collins For the Culture

    Professor Dr. Marcus Collins discusses marketing as cultural anthropology, basing much 0f his conversation on Christian teachings.

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    Cutting Through the Hokum
    Economism
    Economismby James Kwak Cutting Through the Hokum

    How does what you learned in Economics 101 apply to real life? James Kwak finds that it doesn’t apply at all, except in service to…

  • Review
    Staying Great
    Good to Great
    Good to Greatby Jim Collins Staying Great

    Jim Collins’s 2001 classic still has ample relevant wisdom to offer if greatness is your goal, even if some companies he tagged as examples didn’t have…

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    People, Not Code
    Gigged
    Giggedby Sarah Kessler People, Not Code

    Labor reporter Sarah Kessler’s compassionate eye and readable prose inform her overview of the effects of gig work.

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    Brilliant Advice Offered Simply
    High Output Management
    High Output Managementby Andrew S. Grove Brilliant Advice Offered Simply

    Andrew S. Grove, the former president and CEO of Intel, offers remarkably clear, simple and workable guidance for managers.

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    Facebook from the Inside
    Facebook
    Facebookby Steven Levy Facebook from the Inside

    Veteran best-selling tech journalist Steve Levy – author of Insanely Great – delves deeply into Facebook history and culture.

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    Emotion Foremost
    Expert Secrets
    Expert Secretsby Russell Brunson Emotion Foremost

    Russel Brunson offers a basic guide to turning clicks and possible clients into loyal customers and gaining self-insight as you do.

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    Triumph of the Underdog.
    David and Goliath
    David and Goliathby Malcolm Gladwell Triumph of the Underdog.

    Malcolm Gladwell offers a thoughtful, readable look at underdogs in history and how they triumphed.

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    Racing to Solve Problems
    Sprint
    Sprintby Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz Racing to Solve Problems

    The authors detail their Sprint process for turning ideas into testable prototypes.

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    Digital Manners
    Digital Body Language
    Digital Body Languageby Erica Dhawan Digital Manners

    Master online communication: You can avoid sending inadvertent digital signals – or misinterpreting the messages your receive – if you know the code.