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Make Your Mark: The Creative's Guide to Building a Business with Impact (99U Book 3) by [99U, Jocelyn K. Glei]

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Finally, a business book for makers, not managers.

Are you ready to “make a dent in the universe”? As a creative, you no longer have to take a backseat. In fact, stepping up and embracing entrepreneurship is the fastest route to impact. But where do you start? And what sets the businesses that succeed apart?

To find out, we asked the bright minds behind companies like Google X, Warby Parker, Facebook, O’Reilly Media, and more to share their startup wisdom. Featuring hard-won wisdom from twenty leading entrepreneurs and designers, 99U’s Make Your Mark will arm you with practical insights for launching a purpose-driven business, refining your product, delighting your customers, inspiring your team—and ultimately—making something that matters.

Make Your Mark features contributions from: William Allen, Rich Armstrong, Warren Berger, Sean Blanda, Neil Blumenthal, Craig Dalton, Jane ni Dhulchaointigh, Aaron Dignan, Andy Dunn, Joel Gascoigne, Seth Godin, Chris Guillebeau, Emily Heyward, John Maeda, David Marquet, Tim O’Reilly, Shane Snow, Sebastian Thrun, Keith Yamashita, and Julie Zhuo. Plus, a foreword from Behance founder Scott Belsky.

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“This is not a book. It’s a sledgehammer. Now, go make a dent in the universe.” —James Victore, Designer

“At the end of our lives we will look back and ask ourselves, 'was it worth it?' The answer will be a resounding YES! if we commit now to make a mark in the world. This book is the perfect guide to help us on that journey.” —Simon Sinek, author of Start With Why and Leaders Eat Last

“Make Your Mark has managed to distill the essential wisdom of some of the best creative entrepreneurial minds of our time into an easy-to-read, but hard-to-forget guide. A must-read for anyone who cares about building great things.” —Susan Gregg Koger, Co-Founder and CCO, ModCloth

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00FL3YL9W
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amazon Publishing (November 18, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 18, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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99U is on a mission to provide the "missing curriculum" that every creative person and team needs to make ideas happen. 99U is part of Behance, a team devoted to empowering and connecting the creative world.
In this ongoing book series, 99U shares pragmatic, action-oriented insights that are designed to help you become a better manager of your ideas, your time, and your creative career. Dozens of thought-leaders and creatives have contributed to the series, including Seth Godin, Gretchen Rubin, Stefan Sagmeister, Tony Schwartz, Steven Pressfield, Scott Belsky, Leo Babauta, Tina Seelig, Joshua Foer, Teresa Amabile, Frans Johansson, and many more.
Beyond the book series, 99U shares insights on how to make great ideas a reality through our Webby Award-winning website at 99u.com and our popular annual 99U Conference in New York City. The 99U moniker comes from the legendary quote by inventor Thomas Edison: "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration."
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Scott Belsky
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Scott Belsky is the author of the international bestselling book MAKING IDEAS HAPPEN and his latest book is titled THE MESSY MIDDLE. Scott has spent his career making the creative world more productive, connected, and adaptive to new technologies. He founded Behance, the leading online platform for the creative industry to showcase and discover creative work, and served as CEO until Adobe acquired Behance in 2012. He is a Venture Partner with Benchmark, and is an early advisor and investor in Pinterest, Uber, sweetgreen, Cheddar, and Periscope as well as several others in the early stages. Scott also founded 99U, a publication and annual conference devoted to productivity in the creative world and serves on the Board of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Scott is currently serves as Adobe’s Chief Product Officer and Executive Vice President, Creative Cloud.
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Jocelyn K. Glei
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Jocelyn K. Glei is a writer who’s obsessed with how we can find more creativity and meaning in our daily work. Her latest book, “Unsubscribe”, is a modern guide to getting rid of email anxiety, reclaiming your productivity, and spending more time on the work that matters. Her previous works include “Manage Your Day-to-Day”, “Maximize Your Potential”, and “Make Your Mark”, which offer pragmatic, actionable advice for creatives on managing their time, their careers, and their businesses. She was formerly the founding director of the 99U Conference and editor of 99u.com, which earned two Webby Awards for Best Cultural Blog and a rabid fan base of productivity nerds. She lives in Los Angeles and online at jkglei.com.
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Excellent book.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 20, 2017

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“As the book came together, I noticed certain themes bubbling up again and again that epitomized the core values of this new guard of creative entrepreneurs. And, refreshingly, they aren’t about money or profit—despite the billion-dollar examples mentioned above—but rather about making an impact. I observed a renewed commitment to craftsmanship and the desire to create truly beautiful product experiences, a powerful focus on the importance of both giving and serving (your customers and your team) and a fierce dedication to building businesses that will change the world for the better.

Whether you’re about to launch a new company or are considering how to retool an existing business, my hope is that this collection will offer you fresh thinking, practical advice, and the moxie to get out there and make something that matters.”

~ Jocelyn K. Glei from Make Your Mark

This is the third installment in 99U’s book series on the “missing curriculum” for creative leaders.

I enjoyed the first two—Manage Your Day-to-Day + Maximize Your Potential (check out those Notes)—so I decided to go for the hat trick and here we are. :)

Whereas the first book was about, as the title suggests, managing your days and getting stuff done while the second book was about actualizing your personal potential, this book is about how to build a business with impact.

Like the other two, it’s a collection of short essays by great leaders + creators + writers. The content is organized in four domains: 1) Defining your purpose + 2) Building your product + 3) Serving your customers + 4) Leading your team.

I’m excited to explore a handful of my favorite Big Ideas:

1. Purpose - That’s where it all starts.
2. Let’s Define Yours - Some helpful questions.
3. Make Something - YOU are excited to use.
4. Are You Ready to Serve? - Is the real question.
5. Character - = Your most valuable asset.

Let’s do that as we optimize, actualize and make our mark building a life + a business that makes a difference!

More goodness— including PhilosophersNotes on 300+ books in our *OPTIMIZE* membership program. Find out more at brianjohnson . me.

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The surrogate adviser for creative types

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 8, 2015

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I'm in process with this series of books (3) but from the get go I felt like these books were aimed specifically at me. I've read some of the most popular motivational books but this series is tailored specifically to artist and that's what makes this information so poignant.
These are small handy almost pocket size books (which make it easy to carry around) and all of the suggestions are short, concise and to the point. If you're already developed good skill sets in a specific area then you can quickly move on. I keep these books laying around the house in various locations because when I want a huge hit to transform my life I merely need to read just 2-3 paragraphs of these extremely well synthesized thoughts and almost every time something will strike a much needed chord. From how to be more efficient with your time and staying less distracted to creating a game plan for marketing yourself these books are spot on target. I absolutely hit a grand slam when I found this collection of books online and they've become my best surrogate adviser.

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EmeryJoe

It's Not Just for Creatives

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 7, 2015

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This whole series of books is well conceived and executed. The chapters are concise, fast and well edited. For anyone who wants to learn from some of the top performing business and creative individuals in the country, these are great books to learn from. The key factor of these books is that they teach you on what's important in moving forward in your life, not just in your career or in your creativity. In today's economy, we all need to be self-directed and gain the expertise of what we want out of life. Purpose and meaning are what we should all be doing, forging expertise and a life worth living. Anything less than that is a waste of time and more importantly, a waste of your life. I'd recommend the whole series of these books to anyone who wants to fight through the fear of change and the growing cultural phenomenon of having our lives taken over by technology.

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Carla Fister

Trend Setting Information

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 2, 2015

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I've read multiple books that give info on business marketing, self-evaluation to determine the ability to build a successful business and others just instruct on how to become a better person so everything you do is better.

I appreciate these authors' stance on the importance of recognizing daily, that without customers there IS no business. I also applaud the focus of keeping purpose as the guidance for the starting of a business, rather than income alone. Recently I've had the misfortune of working for several business owners who purchased businesses they knew little about and had absolutely no passion to run. It was just sad!

I recently read 'The Rise of the Creative Class' written in 2002. The trend of the world is definitely following the info given in that book. 'Make Your Mark' is a product of the changes that book predicted. Good Read - would definitely recommend it to anyone thinking of starting a business (creative or not)

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Richard J

Great read full of valuable advice for creating a business that will change the world.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 27, 2017

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If you're looking to step up and create a business that will change the world, "Make Your Mark" will help get you on your way. This book covers everything from finding and defining your business's purpose, to implementing effective leadership throughout your organization. I'd recommend this book to small business owners and startup founders above the other's in the 99U series (i.e. Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (The 99U Book Series) and Maximize Your Potential: Grow Your Expertise, Take Bold Risks & Build an Incredible Career (The 99U Book Series 2) ).

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Practical Advice

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 5, 2020

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I started reading this book and was immediately impressed. The businesses highlighted gave practical and timely advice of actionable steps that can be taken no matter the stage of your business. It was a quick read but quite impactful. I would recommend it to entrepreneurs and those thinking of starting a business.

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Andy Brown

Good in parts

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 13, 2020

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There were some really good insights among the articles in this book. I wasn't blown away by it, and some of them have been covered elsewhere, but councillor in to there previous books it worked ok.

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This Book Is Amazing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 16, 2017

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Being a creative it is sometimes difficult to find the time to read, but finding a book that can better yourself and your business is amazing and worth finding the time to read, I am a freelance photo and video content creator and this book spoke volumes, it's taught me a lot about business and finding yourself before you try and find your purpose.

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dalbidh

if you are thinking of starting a business from scratch buy this one.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 22, 2017

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great buy. especially for those who need things explaining more than once.

patti

So much good advice from people who have extremely successful businesses

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 11, 2016

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I will refer to this book over and over again. So much good advice from people who have extremely successful businesses. This has to be my favourite business book.

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carlo occhiena

Amazing read

Reviewed in Italy 🇮🇹 on December 21, 2016

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such a great book.
first of all, layout and readability is just amazing.
contents are great, it really offers an insight on how to built an effective leadership, team management, business planification.
It includes usefull Q&A, case studies, and also "mini poster".
great book.

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