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The story behind Gary Vaynerchuck's book "Crush It"

I can't wait to read Gary Vaynerchuck "Crush It". Don't even think finding it in bookstores in London. I have tried it 3 times without any success. Bookstores would rather put on their shelves the fictional stories or the business books that were published year ago.

So I decided to order it on Amazon.co.uk. (I don't even understand why I didn't order there in the first place...)

Bookstores are clearly going through a tough time. Two of my "chain bookstores" in my neighbourhood are closing down.

Anyway, check out this video interview of Gary by ABC News Radio to get the story behind his book.

Gary! You Rock!

Outside (11) Eric Schmidt

It's time for Outside. Why Outside? Because I will post here some very interesting articles, videos or any other findings that are totally Outside the travel and hospitality industry. I have always tried to stay focused on what I know best (Hotels, online distribution, Technology in case you haven't figured out yet) but I thought I should share with you the best bits of what I find on the web in terms of inspiration, entrepreneurship, creativity and so on.

Today is a Q&A between Google CEO Eric Schmidt at Web2.0 Expo in 2007 with John Battelle, author of the excelled book The Search,

If you are interested to check out other "Outside" sessions, all of them are here.

Outside (10) Chad Hurley

It's time for Outside. Why Outside? Because I will post here some very interesting articles, videos or any other findings that are totally Outside the travel and hospitality industry. I have always tried to stay focused on what I know best (Hotels, online distribution, Technology in case you haven't figured out yet) but I thought I should share with you the best bits of what I find on the web in terms of inspiration, entrepreneurship, creativity and so on.

Today is a Q&A between YouTube founder Chad Hurley and Congressman Ed Markey.

If you are interested to check out other "Outside" sessions, all of them are here.

Outside (9) Chris Anderson

It's time for Outside. Why Outside? Because I will post here some very interesting articles, videos or any other findings that are totally Outside the travel and hospitality industry. I have always tried to stay focused on what I know best (Hotels, online distribution, Technology in case you haven't figured out yet) but I thought I should share with you the best bits of what I find on the web in terms of inspiration, entrepreneurship, creativity and so on.

Today is the presentation of Wired Chief Editor Chris Anderson (also known as the author of The Long Tail) to present his new book "Free" at Google Talks.

If you are interested to check out other "Outside" sessions, all of them are here.

Outside (8) Tom Peters & Seth Godin

It's time for Outside. Why Outside? Because I will post here some very interesting articles, videos or any other findings that are totally Outside the travel and hospitality industry. I have always tried to stay focused on what I know best (Hotels, online distribution, Technology in case you haven't figured out yet) but I thought I should share with you the best bits of what I find on the web in terms of inspiration, entrepreneurship, creativity and so on.

Today is an extract of an American Express conference where they invited Seth Godin and Tom Peters (probably one of the top business guru) to tell us why blogging is important. It's short but this gives me juice when I feel I should give up my blog.

If you are interested to check out other "Outside" sessions, all of them are here.

Outside (7) - Marc Simoncini

It's time for Outside. Why Outside? Because I will post here some very interesting articles, videos or any other findings that are totally Outside the travel and hospitality industry. I have always tried to stay focused on what I know best (Hotels, online distribution, Technology in case you haven't figured out yet) but I thought I should share with you the best bits of what I find on the web in terms of inspiration, entrepreneurship, creativity and so on.

Today is an extract of Le Web conference organized by Loic and Geraldine Le Meur where they invited probably one of the most successful web entrepreneurs in Europe, Marc Simoncini, Founder and CEO of Meetic , the leading dating site in Europe. Enjoy.

Outside (6)

t's time for Outside. Why Outside? Because I will post here some very interesting articles, videos or any other findings that are totally Outside the travel and hospitality industry. I have always tried to stay focused on what I know best (Hotels, online distribution, Technology in case you haven't figured out yet) but I thought I should share with you the best bits of what I find on the web in terms of inspiration, entrepreneurship, creativity and so on.

Today is about the short story of Amazon success story narrated by the founder Jeff Bezos. Great story.

Outside (5)

It's time for Outside. Why Outside? Because I will post here some very interesting articles, videos or any other findings that are totally Outside the travel and hospitality industry. I have always tried to stay focused on what I know best (Hotels, online distribution, Technology in case you haven't figured out yet) but I thought I should share with you the best bits of what I find on the web in terms of inspiration, entrepreneurship, creativity and so on.

Today is about an extract of an inspiring talk from marketing guru Seth Godin. I could have picked many others available on YouTube (just type Seth Godin on the search engine).

Outside (4)

It's time for Outside. Why Outside? Because I will post here some very interesting articles, videos or any other findings that are totally Outside the travel and hospitality industry. I have always tried to stay focused on what I know best (Hotels, online distribution, Technology in case you haven't figured out yet) but I thought I should share with you the best bits of what I find on the web in terms of inspiration, entrepreneurship, creativity and so on.

Today is about the story of Twitter narrated by their founder Evan Williams who is addressing at the TED conference. Enjoy.

Outside (3)

It's time for Outside. Why Outside? Because I will post here some very interesting articles, videos or any other findings that are totally Outside the travel and hospitality industry. I have always tried to stay focused on what I know best (Hotels, online distribution, Technology in case you haven't figured out yet) but I thought I should share with you the best bits of what I find on the web in terms of inspiration, entrepreneurship, creativity and so on.

Today is about what we have done with Planet Earth. It's an easy one but really worth to watch and think afterward what we can to save this beautiful planet. So have a look at Home.