Welcome to The Week's "What Next?" contest, an invitation to test your powers of imagination with challenges inspired by current events.
Click here for the results of the previous contest: Funeral home cafes
Last week's question: Publishers release as many as 11,000 new business books a year, hoping that one of the books flooding the market will hit it big, like last year's All I Know About Management I Learned From My Dog. We asked you to come up with the title of the next big business book.
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THE WINNER: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Hiring
Alice Preece, Edmonds, WA
SECOND PLACE: The Billionaire's Guide to Bail-Outs
Mary Hogan, New York, NY
THIRD PLACE: All I Know About Being Managed I Learned from My Fire Hydrant
L. Robert Hill, Santa Rosa, CA
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Everything I Know About Success I Learned from My Magnificent Boss
Stephen Dudzik, Olney, MD
All I Know about The Tech Industry I Learned from My 14-year-old
Kristin Loudis, Encinitas, CA
The 7 Habits of Highly Unethical People
Nancy Schreiber, Irving, TX
How to Profit from a Worthless Book
Alan Levy, New York, NY
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Building It
Rich Rochna, Virginia Beach, VA
I Didn't Write This Book
Diane Kirkland, Valley Village, CA
Too Big to Read
Michael Leary, Walnut Creek, CA
Fearlessly Outsource Yourself!
Mike Fleice, El Granada, CA
The Thanksgiving Turkey (And Other Ways of Not Paying Bonuses)
Robert Schechter, Dix Hills, NY
Texas Chainsaw Management
Tom Saulnier, East Longmeadow, MA
How to Write a Book After Your Business Fails
Gaylene Shafer, Pueblo, CO
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Reading this Book
Jim Testa, Northbrook, IL
From Lemonade Stand to MBA — and Back!
Charles & Mary Parry, Catonsville, MD
How to Find Joy in Failure
Jim McMullan, Island Heights, NJ
Who Ate My Cheese?
Stephanie Sarich, Minnetonka, MN
Keep Your Friends Close and Your Lobbyists Closer
Janine Witte, New Hope, PA
Fifty Shades of Green
Richard Grossman, Wilmington, DE
Fifty Shares of Greed
Linda Gage, Auburn, WA
No Bain, No Gain
Shelley Barnes, Newbury Park, CA
100 Ways to Profit from 100% Unemployment in 100 Degree Temperatures
Mike Berkley, Tempe, AZ
Retroactive Management
Jim Bertram, St. Cloud, MN
Oh Wow: Steve Jobs’ Lessons from Beyond
Marci Williams, Bainbridge Island, WA
Why is Tesla stumbling?
How Taylor Swift changed copyright negotiations in music
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