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The Misfit Economy: Lessons in Creativity From Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters, And Other Informal Entrepreneurs
First edition
AuthorsAlexa Clay, Kyra Maya Phillips
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Subjects Business, Entrepreneurship, Economics
Genre Non-fiction
Published2015
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Media typePrint ( hardcover)
Pages248
ISBN 978-14-5168882-5
Website http://www.misfiteconomy.com/

The Misfit Economy: Lessons in Creativity From Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters, And Other Informal Entrepreneurs is a 2015 book by Alexa Clay and Kyra Maya Phillips about the innovators and entrepreneurs amongst the underground economies and grey markets of the world.

Reception

It has been reviewed by The Financial Times, [1] The National, [2] New York Daily News, [3] Dallas News, [4] the Stanford Social Innovation Review, [5] and Business Insider. [6] The authors were interviewed about the book in Forbes. [7]

References

  1. ^ Jacobs, Emma (17 May 2015). "Review: The Misfit Economy, by Alexa Clay and Kyra Maya Phillips". The Financial Times. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  2. ^ Gutcher, Lianne (1 September 2015). "Business: Book review: Unique insights of the misfits". The National. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  3. ^ Cesar R. Bustamante, Jr (9 July 2015). "'The Misfit Economy' explores hackers, pirates and other fringe businessmen — but wastes opportunity: book review". Daily News. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  4. ^ Pawlak, Jim (25 July 2015). "Business book reviews: The Misfit Economy and Insight Out". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  5. ^ Edward T. Walker. "Leadership: The Insight of Outsiders". Stanford Social Innovation Review. 13 (4). Stanford University. ISSN  1542-7099. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  6. ^ Crowe, Portia. "What pirates, hackers, and gangsters can teach you about running a business". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  7. ^ Slocum, David (5 August 2015). "Leadership: Interview: Five Questions With Alexa Clay On Misfits And The Dark Side Of Innovation". Forbes. Retrieved 16 November 2015.