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12%OFFAlexa Clay - The Misfit Economy: Lessons in Creativity from Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters and Other Informal Entrepreneurs - 9781451688832 - V9781451688832
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The Misfit Economy: Lessons in Creativity from Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters and Other Informal Entrepreneurs

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Description for The Misfit Economy: Lessons in Creativity from Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters and Other Informal Entrepreneurs Paperback. The Misfit Economy illustrates how lessons in creativity, innovation, salesmanship, and entrepreneurship can come from surprising places. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 256 x 24. Weight in Grams: 228.
The Misfit Economy is about people who are just as innovative, entrepreneurial, and visionary as the Jobses, Edisons, and Fords of the world, except they're not operating out of Silicon Valley. They're in the street markets of Sao Paulo and Guangzhou, the rubbish dumps of Lagos, the flooded coastal towns of Thailand. They are pirates, slum dwellers, computer hackers, dissidents, and inner city gang members. Across the globe, diverse innovators are working in the black, grey, and informal economies to develop solutions to myriad challenges. Far from being deviant entrepreneurs that pose ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781451688832
SKU
V9781451688832
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About Alexa Clay
Alexa Clay is a storyteller and leading expert on subculture. She is the cofounder of the League of Intrapreneurs, a movement to create change from within big business and the founder of Wisdom Hackers, an incubator for philosophical inquiry. Alexa initiates projects through the collective The Human Agency, which aims to create communities of purpose around the world. Formerly she ... Read more

Reviews for The Misfit Economy: Lessons in Creativity from Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters and Other Informal Entrepreneurs
Lively and insightful. -The Economist A well-paced read about a unique perspective on supply and demand and those who create it. For anyone interested in business or economics-especially those who hustle.
Library Journal
For those wanting a fresh perspective on business practices or working lives, this is a snappy introduction to a new way of thinking. ... Read more

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