What they don't teach you at Harvard Business School
by Mark H. McCormack · first published 1984
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on “Ask HN: What's the best book on entrepreneurship you've ever read?” ↗My 2cents: Dale Carnegie's "How to win friends and influence people" will always hold true. Additionally, many books on business relationships. One that comes to mind is, "What they don't teach you at Harvard Business School." Fake it til you make it is a viable self help strategy. But truthfully, I think the best thing to do is to surround yourself with people who represent the values you want to imitate.
on “The Benefits of a Quiet Ego” ↗…way to better you relationships with other people (and both viewpoints have merit). I didn't read How to Win Friends and Influence People, but my comment is based on my experience with trying to read *What they don't teach you at Harvard Business School." [1] [1] By Mark H. McCormack.
on “Most frequently checked-out books in the history of the New York Public Library” ↗…really enjoyed Leaders Eat Last and Careless People. 2025 brought me to: The Mom Test - Rob Fitzpatrick Leaders Eat Last - Simon Sinek A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms The Time Machine - H.G. Wells What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School - Mark McCormack The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change - Adam Braun Neuromancer - William Gibson Blood of Elves - Andrzej Sapkowski We Were Eight Years In…
on “Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?” ↗I remember reading somewhere (I think it was a book titled "What they don't teach you at Harvard business school") that the difference bettween 100 millionaires and billionaires was that the billionaires had a much higher rate of borrowing money to fund growth whereas 100-millionaires stopped borrowing once they…
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