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Media
Erik Wesner/Success Made Simple in the Media:
Consultant to History Channel’s “How the States Got their Shapes” Episode 5, “Church and State”, first aired June 21, 2011
Lancaster Sunday News, “Amish youth hitchin’ up to Facebook”, Gil Smart, June 19, 2011
Época NEGÓCIOS magazine (BRAZIL), “Uma visita ao século 18”, January 2011
800-CEO-READ Best Business Book Award winner-Entrepreneurship and Small Business, December 2010
Forbes.com, My Three Cents blog, Ken Makofsky, 11/7/2010
Change This manifesto, changethis.com: The Amish and the Case for Humility, 11/3/2010
Ventiquattro magazine (ITALY), “Family Business”, Sasha Carnevali, November 2010
Brazen Careerist, Penelope Trunk: “What are we working for, really?”, 9/22/2010
The Atlantic, Heather Horn, The AtlanticWire, 8/13/10
Ricochet.com, “Make Money. Be Amish”, Rob Long, 8/11/2010
Failure Magazine, interview w/Jason Zasky, 8/10/2010
National Broadcaster RTÉ (IRELAND), live interview, “Mind Your Business” program, 7/10/2010
Business Lexington, Paul Sanders review, “Getting Back to the Basics of Small Business,” 7/8/2010
Baltimore Sun, Laura Vozzella, 6/8/2010
Small Business Trends, Ivana Taylor: “Why Amish Businesses Thrive,” 5/29/2010
Religion News Service, Daniel Burke: “Amish Offer Business Tips for CEOs,” 5/28/2010
Business News Network (CANADA): Live interview, “SqueezePlay”, program, 5/25/2010
Il Sole 24 Ore financial magazine (ITALY), “Il business degli Amish non conosce default”, 5/5/2010
INC.com, Nitasha Tiku: From Our Reporters Blog, 5/5/2010
CNNMoney, Small Biz Tips Videos: “Why Amish Businesses Succeed,” 5/4/2010
CNNMoney, Geoff Williams: “Why Amish Businesses Don’t Fail”, 5/4/2010
Greensboro News-Record, Richard Barron: “Review: Why the Amish Succeed in Business”, 5/2/2010
Sugarcreek, Ohio Budget, Bev Keller: “Simply Brilliant: New Book Looks at Success Rate of Amish Businesses”, 4/28/2010
Canadian Business magazine, Jordan Timm: “Book Review: Why the Amish Succeed in Business”, 4/26/2010
BusinessPundit.com, Drea Knufken, Review, 4/22/2010
TIME magazine, Andrea Sachs: “Management, Plain and Simple”, 4/9/2010
Hartford Business Journal, Jim Pawlak review: “Amish Can Teach Business Lessons”, 4/4/2010
MSNBC, Live interview w/Contessa Brewer, 4/2/2010
Fast Company: “Do Unto Others: Customer Service Tips from the Amish”, 4/1/2010
Pittsburgh Tribune: “New Pages to Turn”, 3/28/2010
New York Post, Brian Moore: “60 Seconds with Erik Wesner, author, Success Made Simple…”, 3/22/2010
Amish Wisdom radio program, author interview 3/11/2010
Entrepreneur Magazine: “We’re Having an Amish Moment”, November 2009
Washington Post: “Sales Hot for Amish Heaters”, 3/14/2009
creditcards.com: “How the Amish Deal with Credit Cards and the Credit Crunch”, 11/18/2008
Wall Street Journal: “From Barn Raisings to Home Building”, 8/15/2008
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