Sept. 28 7:00 pm. Flagstaff Business News Book Reviewer and Reporter Constance DeVereaux will be leading the Business Roundhouse discussion each month at Barnes and Noble. Each month, DeVereaux will engage with you in discussion of a new business book. September's business book is What Makes Business Rock by former MTV chairman, Bill Roedy.Buy your copy of the reviewed book each month at Barnes and Noble, 701 S. Milton. Also, check out Constance Devereaux's article in Flagstaff … [Read more...] about Business Book Discussion
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Why Did the Cannibal Move to Flagstaff?
FBN's Business Book Review: Andy Kessler’s new book, Eat People and Other Unapologetic Rules for Game-Changing Entrepreneurs reads like Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead – lite. Early in the book, we find him lunching with Republican activist George Gilder (identified in his Wikipedia entry as a “techno-utopia intellectual”). Gilder dispenses this advice: the more you waste, the better! The idea is that the more we “wastefully refine energy, the more useful it becomes and the more we use it and the … [Read more...] about Why Did the Cannibal Move to Flagstaff?
If Timothy Geithner Were a Poet
FBN Business Book Review "Do you think there’ll be another 7/11?” an elderly, dying woman asks her son. She means 9/11, but he doesn’t correct her. And while it doesn’t seem all that funny out of context, in Jess Walter’s novel, “The Financial Lives of Poets,” it’s a scream. Reviewing a fictional work in a business book column might seem odd, but a read like this one is too timely to pass up. It might just … [Read more...] about If Timothy Geithner Were a Poet
The Traits of Highly Emotional People
Business Book Review by Constance Devereaux What does life look like when you lead it the way you want? It’s not the kind of question you expect a management book to ask. But according to author Stan Slap, it may be a first step toward increased performance as a manager. The answer should describe your whole life, not just the hours you put in on the company’s behalf. In today’s world, the divide between work and home life is fluid. “This book is for anybody who wants … [Read more...] about The Traits of Highly Emotional People