The Monocle Guide to Good Business by Monocle

The Monocle Guide to Good Business Reviews

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  Manik Sukoco

  Interesting read on a variety of global businesses, with excellent photography.
  This is recommended for anybody working or looking to work in the consumer discretionary industry (tourism, retail, luxury goods, etc) or in design. You might feel disappointed if your focus is in technology, healthcare, energy or finance since there is little to no mention of these industries. Much of the book is focuses on small, artesanal companies and offers insight on how they are managed.
  And as can be expected from Monocle, there is quite an obsession with coffee and with anything to do with Japan. So expect a lot of references to cafes and Japanese family businesses.
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  Grace

  I showed this book to a private equity guy. he looked through it carefully and said it looks like a business book for hipsters
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  Cinantya

  My ever-awesome law school friends gave me this book as a birthday present (umm talking about coolest birthday present from uni friends). I love all the business profiles in this book; from a humble cafe to a farm, from a surfing magazine to a type-maker company (yeap, I know). This book is such a page-turner!Everything is presented lightly but also filled with meanings & real people and information. Love it!
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  Danny

  Easy to dip in and out of, more like an expanded issue of their magazine. Lost some credibility for me when a Sydney company they profiled turned out to be a place I'd done regular business with over the years and who, in the end, were quite untrustworthy, despite their arty and progressive facade.
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  Jose

  This is not a book. I wasn't expecting a business book, quite de opposite that's why I was excited to get my hands on this book. However, it's useless. It doesn't inspire, it's not coherent. It reads like a magazine. There are pages and pages of pictures. Notes on where to eat and how to dress (wtf?). And very few advises or even inspiration of some sort. Also, most of its recommendations only work if you're a VC looking to retire in some small city. Nice decoration for our coffee table, nothing more. Not buying any other books in the series.
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  Wenny H

  Reads like a Vogue for Business. Heavily focused on craftsmanship and the finer, highbrow outlook, as if it's looking at businesses through a rosey lens. Less operationals, more on the ideals. Very well formatted.
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  Lena

  Coffee table book
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  Fab

  This is an awesome coffee table book but also a great read for entrepreneurial types. A great book to pick up when you need ideas on your next venture, are starting to build a business or what to know what to consider when creating a workplace for yourself and others. There are examples of business directions I would never have considered and thoughts from experts I wouldn't otherwise have read. Great pictures and lovely typography makes this great to even just flick through from time to time.
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  Chase Quarterman

  Beautifully designed and informative.
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  Stef Hamerlinck

  Interesting book, with nice insights to companies and company culture all around the world