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Interviews

Are You Indispensable? An Interview with Seth Godin

January 26, 2010

Seth Godin’s new book, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?, comes out today. As with all of Seth’s books, it’s a quick and inspiring read – if you aspire to make a difference in the world, you’ll find this book thought-provoking.

I recently caught up with Seth to ask him a few questions about the book – I think you’ll find our conversation quite interesting…

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Interview: Turbocharge Your Reading Speed with Abby Marks-Beale

March 26, 2009

Every now and again, I interview interesting businesspeople and post the recordings in the PMBA Insider members-only website. Today, I posted a brand new recording that I think you’ll find incredibly useful. Abby Marks-Beale is the author of the PMBA-recommended book 10 Days to Faster Reading, as well as The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Speed [...]

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Another Wide-Ranging Discussion with Ben Casnocha

February 2, 2009

Back in August, Ben Casnocha (entrepreneur, business blogger, and author of My Startup Life) and I had a very interesting conversation about business books, self-education, and business mental models. Ben just launched a cool new side project called Think Different TV, and invited me to have a follow-up discussion in a different format: online video. [...]

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Olivier Roland's "Crazy" Side Project

January 14, 2009

Olivier Roland has an ambitious side project: reading 52 books from the PMBA Recommended Reading List in 52 weeks, then posting a summary on his website. Reading 52 books and writing 52 summaries is challenging enough, but what’s particularly impressive about Olivier’s project is that English is not his first language – Olivier is from [...]

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An Interview with David McKelfresh

December 11, 2008

David McKelfresh is a senior at Colorado State University, majoring in business and entrepreneurship. David is currently finishing up a study abroad experience at the University of Salamanca, coaches youth soccer, and is in the process of investigating a few opportunities to start his own business. (He’s also my brother-in-law, so we know each other [...]

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A wide-ranging discussion with Ben Casnocha

August 18, 2008

A few months ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Ben Casnocha, entrepreneur and author of My Startup Life: What a (Very) Young CEO Learned on His Journey Through Silicon Valley. Ben is one of the most intelligent and thought-provoking business bloggers I’ve come across, and I’ve been following his work for years now. Ben [...]

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The Personal MBA meets the "Cranky Middle Manager"

October 17, 2007

I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Wayne Turmel, host of the Cranky Middle Manager podcast, about the Personal MBA and a few of the books on the recommended reading list. Here’s a quick synopsis of the show: The Cranky Middle Manager Show is an irreverent but insightful look at the world of middle [...]

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Recommended Reading: Interview with John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods

June 25, 2007

Check out this fantastic, in-depth interview with John Mackey, the CEO of Whole Foods. The interview is ostensibly about Mackey’s shift in political beliefs that resulted from growing his business from a small natural food market to a large corporation with a market capitalization of $5.45 billion, but there’s a lot of core business knowledge [...]

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Interview with Seth Godin about “The Dip”, Part 2

May 19, 2007

NOTE: this post is part #2 of an interview with Seth Godin about his new book, The Dip. In this post, Seth is answering questions from PMBA readers. You can read part #1 of the interview here. Steve Olson asks: “The problem with the insanity of the cul-de-sac is identifying when we are on it. [...]

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Interview with Seth Godin about "The Dip", Part 1

May 9, 2007

NOTE: this post is part #1 of an interview with Seth Godin about his new book, The Dip. In this post, Seth is answering questions asked by Josh Kaufman. You can read part #2 of the interview here. The new Personal MBA manifeso and reading list will have a heavy emphasis on mental models: simple [...]

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