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| What Clients Say About Us | ||
| "getAbstract - a very useful e-learning content with heavy usage." | Global Head Leadership Development, Novartis | |
| "I am very happy with the fast, competent and technically uncomplicated solution getAbstract was able to provide. We are now able to provide our employees with highly informative content with only a minimum of effort." | Alan Landers, Vice President, Centex Home Equity Corporation |
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| "To be well informed, one must read quickly a great number of merely instructive books. To be cultivated, one must read slowly and with a lingering appreciation the comparatively few books that have been written by men who lived, thought, and felt with style." | Aldous Huxley, writer, not a getAbstract subscriber (1894-1963) | |
| "I can read a month's worth of books in one plane flight." | Andreas Scholz, Bloomberg Television |
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| "Just words of appreciation for allowing us access to this excellent website. I find it extremely insightful, and also very user-friendly. I am extremely impressed by the quality of the articles, and the knowledge gained from reading through the abstracts. The first abstract I received focused on ‘International Politics’: The secret Man – the story of Watergates Deep Throat. I was fascinated about how well the document was summarized in only 5 pages; to not only give the reader an impeccable view of the facts, but I was also able to gain commendable learnings." | Anna-Mart Muller, SDP South Africa | |
| "I've been a getAbstract user for a short time now, and I want to tell you that I regard your book summaries as one of the best means to supply people with relevant business knowledge in an efficient way. My judgment rests on two books that I have read and the corresponding summaries by getAbstract, which are of flawless quality. I wish you a lot of success and I am already looking forward to my next Abstract." | Armin Fehr, Migros |
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| Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents. | Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860) | |
| getAbstract is an organization that is very well-run and provides a valuable service – helping people focus on the ideas, information and opinions that deserve their attention. | Bill Bonner, CEO Agora and Author of “Mobs, Messiahs and Markets” | |
| "The grown-up version of Cliffs Notes." | BUSINESS 2.0 -- Sep 26, 2000 | |
| With getAbstract "you can confidently waltz into the office with a head full of compressed business knowledge." | BUSINESS 2.0 -- Sep 26, 2000 | |
| "Do you feel that you are under pressure to read all the new business books? getAbstract is available to help you sort through the litany of titles." | Continental Inflight Magazine -- October 2000 | |
| “It started as an idea – now it’s a permanent feature. I can’t imagine our seminars without getAbstract!” | Daniela Wendling, Academy of German Cooperatives |
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| "Next to "wish I'd said that..." is "wish I'd read that...". Well, now you can with getAbstract. If you don't want to miss something you'll have a subscription, as I do. And if you want to read something in detail, you'll click through ordering the books, also as I do." | Dean LeBaron, Batterymarch Financial Management |
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| "getAbstract is the pivot point of my business reading." | Dean LeBaron, Batterymarch Financial Management |
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| "What is more valuable to you, time or books? Can't choose? I can't. There are almost an infinite number of books I want to read and a finite time to read them. So the solution for me is getAbstract. I read several five-page Abstracts a week and from those select what I want to read as the author intended, in entirety. Clearly it would not work if the Abstracts were not concise and accurate representations of the authors' works. No author, and I'm one, should be other than pleased to have his work selected for this audience. And no reader, most importantly, should see the Abstract service as other than a pleasant, efficient, mind-extending opportunity." | Dean LeBaron, Batterymarch Financial Management |
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| "All levels of staff from executive level right down to administrative level are using getAbstract. The service has been well received and well utilised." | Di Kruger, Rand Merchant Bank |
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| “Through the company we have a getAbstract business subscription. I’ll more than likely start taking advantage of the classics collection in my free time. I find your service absolutely fantastic.” | Dr. Dirk Faltin, Director, UBS Wealth Management Research, UBS AG | |
| “getAbstract is tailor-made for hard-working businesspeople. The choice of subjects is excellent. The summaries are always relevant and very applicable to the working world.” | Dr. Robert Breitner-Czuma, E.ON Academy GmbH | |
| I love this – what a great, simple, high-level summary. Thank you. You can be sure I'll tell lots of people about getAbstract!" | Erika Andersen, Author of "Growing Great Employees" | |
| "getAbstract is for busy executives who don't want to miss what they don't have time to read." | Florida Sun-Sentinel -- March 25, 2001 | |
| “The management book summaries help me quickly capture the key points of a particular theme. That’s really handy in my day-to-day work.” | Gabriella Padovan, Head Group Inf. Centre, Swiss Reinsurance Company | |
| Your contribution is brilliant to keep us informed on the latest cutting edge ideas and books. I use your Web site regularly as part of my research to stay on top of the latest publications and to stretch my brain with new ideas. What I really like is the extensive variety of books you cover and the outstanding summaries you generate. Keep up your fantastic work! | George A. Kohlrieser, Ph D, Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior, IMD - International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne, Switzerland | |
| I would like to congratulate you all for the work you do, the quality of the summaries and the incredible bulk of knowledge we get weekly. I am a great fan of this site - the only one I actually work with and can't live without. Besides the summaries , the info on books on related topics is also solid and very relevant.Congrats to all. | Gilma Correa, Diretora Recursos Humanos & SHE, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| "Extremely efficient! I use the key concepts from the summaries for my speeches. It saves me hours of research time." | In-Ho Johann Kim, CEO, nanoCrypt AG | |
| It’s remarkable how getAbstract can capture the key points of a methodology that took me 20 years to evolve into so few pages. Concise, comprehensive and clear – thanks getAbstract! | Jerry Weissman, CEO of Power Presentations, Ltd. and author of the bestselling Presenting to Win and In the Line of Fire | |
| "Your tagline is “compressed knowledge”. I once tried a competing book summary subscription program and was highly disappointed, so I approached getAbstract as a full-fledged skeptic. I’ve now read plenty of their summaries and I was wrong. This is a great service and a real time-saver. I definitely think your summaries are better than the competing service I tried a few years ago." | Joe Wikert, Vice President and Executive Publisher, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | |
| getAbstract performs a huge service to readers and authors by distilling the main points of a book into an engaging and digestible summary of the key ideas. | John H. Zenger, CEO, Zenger Folkman | |
| "I was recently asked to run two workshops on Customer Service. I went to the getAbstract web site and downloaded everything you had on the subject. I selected what was relevant - made a set of decent slides and handouts, and delivered two excellent workshops with very cool feedback. I have also been re-commissioned to run a further three workshops later this year." Thank you John Turner - Intelligent-communication.com | John Turner | |
| "You are doing a fabulous job! Since almost ten years I have had my own business literature data base, so I can really appreciate your great abstracts. They are enriching!" | Jurg Stadelmann, LKB (Lucerne Cantonal Bank) |
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| "getAbstract provides me with an excellent overview of what's being published in the business literature. By being informed about the latest relevant publications in my personal field of interest I save a lot of time – and getAbstract saves me from buying irrelevant books!" | Klaus Kobjoll, Glow & Tingel |
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| “When we meet our clients they expect us to know the latest business and finance bestsellers. Thanks to getAbstract, we do.” | Kristin Mika, DaimlerChrysler Corporate University | |
| Whomever thought this up is a genius.. I cannot tell you how great I think this is...Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful.. Thank you so much- I am a true fan.. | Linda Adair, Manpower On Site Manager, Qualcomm | |
| "getAbstract is highly informative. It keeps our entire company up to date on the latest business thinking -- a perfect time saver!" | Marc Bachmann, Head of Corporate Development, Zurich Cantonal Bank |
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| "getAbstract is a quality e-learning resource!" | Marilyn Brunson, Lockheed Martin EIS University | |
| "getAbstract is a valuable tool for the Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) organization. Our EIS learning and development team is very satisfied with the decision to make this resource available to our employees." | Marilyn Brunson, Lockheed Martin EIS University | |
| “Such a high quality of service is very rare. Please keep it up!” | Markus Schwingruber, CFO, WWF Schweiz |
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| "getAbstract is fantastic! Not only are the summaries excellent, but the assistance from the staff has always been prompt and helpful. I look forward to receiving my summaries at the start of each week." | Martin Raske, eLearning Solutions, Credit Suisse | |
| "Besides saving time, getAbstract helps me in choosing the right books. Thanks to getAbstract I always know which books to buy and to read. getAbstract is an excellent compass in the jungle of business literature." | Peter Michael Kreutter, Sal. Oppenheim |
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| The getAbstract team is 100% dedicated to helping position the author’s work crisply and well. Through patient iteration and skillful editing, we are able to share our book with a broader audience efficiently. It is great to be able to meet our target audience so well! | Peter Skarzynski, Author of "Innovation to the Core" | |
| "My most limited resource is time. My most valuable asset is knowledge. Thanks to getAbstract I can absorb more knowledge in less time. That's a great return on investment!" | Prof. Bob Eccles, Senior Fellow of PwC and professor at Harvard Business School |
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| “getAbstract is a very useful time management tool. Where else can you get an overview of the newest and most relevant business literature in such a short time? I especially appreciate the summaries of my own books, as they – without going into too much detail – convey the essential points and also make them known to new audiences.” | Prof. Dr. Lothar J. Seiwert, bestselling author, www.seiwert.de | |
| "getAbstract provides an excellent service to anyone who needs to know the central messages of a complex matter fast. I've used their Abstracts extensively, both in the classroom as well as in the field." | Prof. Dr. Max von Zedtwitz, IMD Lausanne |
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| “Many new releases sound sensational at first, but then content-wise offer very little. After reading a getAbstract summary I know whether or not to buy a book.” | Prof. Max von Zedtwitz, IMD Lausanne | |
| “It has been a great experience working with you. The team has been very prompt in responding to our requests, and providing the necessary details and explanations. The site itself is easy to navigate and provides a rich treasure trove of summaries in easy-to-read/listen formats. We have also received great feedback from the employees and we hope to continue the relationship into the coming years.” | Raman Kumar Singh, PEPSICO India Holdings Private Limited | |
| getAbstract is a most valuable partner in bringing our books to the attention of busy professionals in the corporate world. The reviews are concise, accurate, fair, and invariably well written. Their impact is inevitably noticeable in a jump in book sales. We are absolutely delighted whenever getAbstract selects one of our books for a recommendation. | Robert L. Faherty, Brookings Institution, Vice President/Director, Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC | |
| "If you're like most professionals these days, you can't keep up with the e-mails in your in-box, never mind keeping up with important business literature. getAbstract can help." | Russell Martin and Associates Newsletter -- April 2001 | |
| "We are very satisfied with the getAbstract service. Our staff reads and discusses the Abstracts very intensively. Thanks to getAbstract everyone at the company is always up to date on the latest business ideas and trends. getAbstract is of great help, because you don't have enough time to find your way through the plethora of business literature." | Sonja Döbeli, CFO, Schild AG |
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| "getAbstract - finally a clever learning content, that is really used." | Stephan Eugster, Manager e-Business Development, Converium Ltd. |
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| "When we introduced the getAbstract service to our management family, it was an immediate success. Many of our managers wrote me to laud the comprehensive library of selections presented in an intuitive format. The quick read and the concise summary of key points is perfect for the pace of today's business environment. And I mean it!" | Steve Mosley, Director of Training, Alltel | |
| "getAbstract allows subscribers to find the time to educate themselves whenever and wherever they can." | The Transatlantic Journal -- May 2001 | |
| getAbstract has the "most concise summaries" available in the industry. | THE WALL STREET JOURNAL | |
| "getAbstract offers the largest selection." | THE WALL STREET JOURNAL -- Nov 5, 2002 | |
| getAbstract has "the fastest growing catalog, increasing by 400 to 500 titles a year." | THE WALL STREET JOURNAL -- Nov 5, 2002 | |
| getAbstract’s piece on General Electric CEO Jack Welch’s autobiography was, "the best we read." | THE WALL STREET JOURNAL -- Nov 5, 2002 | |
| getAbstract is "the one service that sometimes offers a dash of opinion" using "subtle editorial judgment." | THE WALL STREET JOURNAL -- Nov 5, 2002 | |
| “Your weekly summaries are especially helpful. They are one of my most valuable aids. I trust the knowledge that getAbstract offers and find it very helpful in my daily work.” | Thomas Glatt, eLearning Solutions, Credit Suisse | |
| "This is the quality of service that we do not get very often. Please keep it up. Yes, let me know what you need from me to get enrolled." | Uli P. Burgerstein, Chairman Antistress, Switzerland | |
| "getAbstract gives us an efficient overview of the best business books published every year. getAbstract is a service that every company needs." | Urs D. Baumann, CEO American Express (Switzerland) | |