Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success

Author:   Shane Snow ,  Erik Bergmann ,  Erik Bergmann
Publisher:   HarperCollins
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9781483028200


Publication Date:   09 September 2014
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Entrepreneur and journalist Shane Snow (Wired, Fast Company, The New Yorker, and cofounder of Contently) analyzes the lives of people and companies that do incredible things in implausibly short time. How do some startups go from zero to billions in mere months? How did Alexander the Great, YouTube tycoon Michelle Phan, and Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon climb to the top in less time than it takes most of us to get a promotion? What do high-growth businesses, world-class heart surgeons, and underdog marketers do in common to beat the norm? One way or another, they do it like computer hackers. They employ what psychologists call lateral thinking: to rethink convention and break rules that aren't rules. These are not shortcuts, which produce often dubious short-term gains, but ethical smartcuts that eliminate unnecessary effort and yield sustainable momentum. In Smartcuts, Snow shatters common wisdom about success, revealing how conventions like paying dues prevent progress, why kids shouldn't learn times tables, and how, paradoxically, it's easier to build a huge business than a small one. From SpaceX to The Cuban Revolution, from Ferrari to Skrillex, Smartcuts is a narrative adventure that busts old myths about success and shows how innovators and icons do the incredible by working smarter--and how perhaps the rest of us can, too.

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Author:   Shane Snow ,  Erik Bergmann ,  Erik Bergmann
Publisher:   HarperCollins
Imprint:   HarperCollins
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 17.00cm
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9781483028200


ISBN 10:   1483028208
Publication Date:   09 September 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Smartcuts is surprising and awesome. It's Malcolm Gladwell meets Tim Ferriss. Part Good to Great, part MacGyver, this is a book every twenty-first-century entrepreneur should read. -- Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneurs Council As fascinating as it is fun, Smartcuts is an engaging journey through the types of lateral thinking and creative strategies that so often underlie success. -- Maria Konnikova, New York Times bestselling author of Mastermind Shane is living proof that Smartcuts work. He hacked his way into Fast Company, Wired, and Advertising Age; built a multimillion-dollar start-up by age thirty; and now he's written his first of what I'm sure will be many excellent books. Follow this guy! -- Ryan Holiday, bestselling author of Trust Me, I'm Lying Shane Snow is a fresh and future-thinking voice in today's tumultuous business climate. You must read Smartcuts if you are a social entrepreneur or would like to be one, because what Shane teaches us most of all is to be 'bigger than just business.' -- Soraya Darabi, cofounder of Zady and Foodspotting Snow's points are interesting, and his writing both earnest and engaging; readers are sure to find this book both inspiring and helpful. -- Publishers Weekly


"Smartcuts is surprising and awesome. It's Malcolm Gladwell meets Tim Ferriss. Part Good to Great, part MacGyver, this is a book every twenty-first-century entrepreneur should read. -- ""Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneurs Council"" As fascinating as it is fun, Smartcuts is an engaging journey through the types of lateral thinking and creative strategies that so often underlie success. -- ""Maria Konnikova, New York Times bestselling author of Mastermind"" Shane is living proof that Smartcuts work. He hacked his way into Fast Company, Wired, and Advertising Age; built a multimillion-dollar start-up by age thirty; and now he's written his first of what I'm sure will be many excellent books. Follow this guy! -- ""Ryan Holiday, bestselling author of Trust Me, I'm Lying"" Shane Snow is a fresh and future-thinking voice in today's tumultuous business climate. You must read Smartcuts if you are a social entrepreneur or would like to be one, because what Shane teaches us most of all is to be 'bigger than just business.' -- ""Soraya Darabi, cofounder of Zady and Foodspotting"" Snow's points are interesting, and his writing both earnest and engaging; readers are sure to find this book both inspiring and helpful. -- ""Publishers Weekly"""


Shane is living proof that Smartcuts work. He hacked his way into Fast Company, Wired, and Advertising Age; built a multimillion-dollar start-up by age thirty; and now he's written his first of what I'm sure will be many excellent books. Follow this guy! -- Ryan Holiday, bestselling author of Trust Me, I'm Lying Smartcuts is surprising and awesome. It's Malcolm Gladwell meets Tim Ferriss. Part Good to Great, part MacGyver, this is a book every twenty-first-century entrepreneur should read. -- Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneurs Council Shane Snow is a fresh and future-thinking voice in today's tumultuous business climate. You must read Smartcuts if you are a social entrepreneur or would like to be one, because what Shane teaches us most of all is to be 'bigger than just business.' -- Soraya Darabi, cofounder of Zady and Foodspotting Snow's points are interesting, and his writing both earnest and engaging; readers are sure to find this book both inspiring and helpful. -- Publishers Weekly As fascinating as it is fun, Smartcuts is an engaging journey through the types of lateral thinking and creative strategies that so often underlie success. -- Maria Konnikova, New York Times bestselling author of Mastermind


Smartcuts is surprising and awesome. It's Malcolm Gladwell meets Tim Ferriss. Part Good to Great, part MacGyver, this is a book every twenty-first-century entrepreneur should read. -- Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneurs Council Shane Snow is a fresh and future-thinking voice in today's tumultuous business climate. You must read Smartcuts if you are a social entrepreneur or would like to be one, because what Shane teaches us most of all is to be 'bigger than just business.' -- Soraya Darabi, cofounder of Zady and Foodspotting Shane is living proof that Smartcuts work. He hacked his way into Fast Company, Wired, and Advertising Age; built a multimillion-dollar start-up by age thirty; and now he's written his first of what I'm sure will be many excellent books. Follow this guy! -- Ryan Holiday, bestselling author of Trust Me, I'm Lying Snow's points are interesting, and his writing both earnest and engaging; readers are sure to find this book both inspiring and helpful. -- Publishers Weekly As fascinating as it is fun, Smartcuts is an engaging journey through the types of lateral thinking and creative strategies that so often underlie success. -- Maria Konnikova, New York Times bestselling author of Mastermind


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Shane Snow is a New York City-based journalist and Web entrepreneur, and the cofounder and chief creative officer of the media technology company Contently. He holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and is a fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. Snow contributes regularly to Wired magazine and Fast Company, and has written about innovation for numerous publications, including the New Yorker, the Washington Post, and Advertising Age. Snow is a sought-after speaker at technology and advertising summits, and writes for LinkedIn's Influencer program. His work in technology entrepreneurship has been recognized by the United Nations, the New York Times, Inc., Forbes, Details, and New York City's Economic Development Council. Erik Bergmann is a winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award. He is the narrator of the Area 51 and Justice League audiobook series, as well as the voice of Fred on the companion audiobook for the Warner Bros. feature film Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. He has also dabbled in television, making appearances on Saturday Night Live and doing voice-over work for Random! Cartoons.

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