Shane Snow
Smartcuts
How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success
HarperBusiness, 2014
What's inside?
How today’s greatest entrepreneurs used “smartcuts” to hack their way to the top.
Recommendation
The Horatio Alger myth is so embedded in the American psyche that people tend to ignore the fact that it’s now obsolete. A laborious rung-by-rung climb up the career ladder, fueled by hard work and belief in convention, is an outdated model that runs counter to innovation and entrepreneurship. Journalist Shane Snow says you can make the most of the technological advances that enable innovative people to accomplish great things faster than ever by using what he calls “smartcuts.” The stories he tells to explain his smartcuts tactics are engaging, though his main points sometimes take a backseat to his examples. getAbstract recommends this intelligent, rebellious manifesto – which doesn’t advocate thinking-outside-the-box, but calls for throwing away the box altogether – to business students, entrepreneurs, start-ups, and anyone feeling stuck in his or her career and wanting to make a great leap forward.
Summary
About the Author
Shane Snow is a technology journalist whose writing credits include Wired, Fast Company and the Washington Post. He is the co-founder and COO of Contently Inc.
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