By Business and Career Librarian, Steven Assarian Every so often, I read a book that upends my previous understanding of an idea. I just read a book like that. It’s the book We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky: The Seductive Promise of Microfinance by Mara Kardas-Nelson. It’s a book about micro-finance: extending…
Interview with Carlos Martinez, President of People First Economy
Interview by Steven Assarian, Business and Career Librarian People First Economy is a business support organization that provides equity and resiliency-building resources here in Grand Rapids to help build a ‘people first’ economy. But what does it mean to be ‘people first’ in business? I sat down with Carlos Martinez, President of People First Economy…
An Interview With Roy Messing, Executive Director for the Center for Employee Ownership
Interview by Steven Assarian, Business and Career Librarian I met Roy Messing by chance at an event for professionals that help businesses thrive, and he most certainly fits that bill. He works to promote employee ownership of companies in our state. I saw down with Roy to understand how employees can become owners, and why…
“Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout” by Cal Newport
Book Review by Steven Assarian, Business and Career Librarian Human beings, by and large, want to produce. And we want to know that we’re producing. In sectors like manufacturing and agriculture, it’s fairly easy to know that you’re productive. How much grain is grown or how many widgets get made are easy questions to answer.…
Interview: Dan TenHoopen, AFL-CIO Labor Liaison for the Heart of West Michigan United Way
By Steven Assarian, Business and Career Librarian
Steven Assarian, Business and Career Librarian at the Grand Rapids Public Library: There’s been quite a lot
Book Review: “Fight Like Hell: The Untold Story of American Labor” by Kim Kelly
By Steven Assarian, Business and Career Librarian
When I worked at Kettering University in Flint, I used to take walks on my lunch break.
I’d walk down Chev
Book Review: “A History of America in 10 Strikes” by Erik Loomis
By Sam Easter, Library Assistant. A History of America in Ten Strikes, historian Erik Loomis’s story of labor struggle in the U.S., was published in 2018 – but
Book Review: “Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon” by Michael Lewis and “Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud” by Ben McKenzie with Jacob Silverman
By Sam Easter, Library Assistant
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis, the story of the explosive rise and extraordinary fall of
Book Review: “Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall” by Zeke Faux
By Steven Assarian, Business and Career Librarian
The story of cryptocurrency in the last decade has been wil
d growth.
We went from a niche idea being prom
Interview with Dr. Samah Mansour, GVSU School of Computing
By Steven Assarian, Business and Career Librarian Steve: Why don't you introduce yourself? Tell them tell us a little bit about your background and experience. Dr. Mansour: Sure. I'm Dr. Samah Mansour, Assistant Professor at the School of Computing at Grand Valley State University. I am the director of the cybersecurity master's program, where I…
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