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24 alternatives to The Long Tail

Why the future of business is selling less of more

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Long Tail launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Innovator's Dilemma▲202

   The seminal business book

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Scarcity▲71

   Why having too little means so much

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Thank You Economy▲89

   How companies big and small can scale

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   FREE: The Future of a radical Price▲77

   How businesses can profit more by giving things away.

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think▲74

   The blueprint of an abundant future

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Who Owns the Future?▲66

   The concentration of money and power in our digital networks

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Scaling Up▲71

   How a few companies make it...and why the rest don't

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Content Strategy for the Web▲57

   Better content means better business

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Hacking Growth▲72

   The modern marketing mindset to create fast growing

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Decoded▲62

    The science behind why we buy

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Saving Capitalism▲57

    For the many, not the few

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Signal and the Noise▲73

    Why so many predictions fail - but some don't

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Alone Together▲71

    Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned▲61

    The myth of the objective

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Misfit Economy▲81

    Innovation on the fringe...

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Competing for the Future▲54

    The art of planning for the future

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Industries of the Future▲60

    Exploring the tech and economic trends of next 10 years

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Smarter Faster Better▲83

    The secrets of being productive in life and business

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Who Owns the Future▲68

    Dare to rethink how we reward people on the internet

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Rise of the Revenue Marketer▲66

    A guide for connection marketing to business

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Business of Sharing▲59

    Making it in the new sharing economy

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Built to Sell▲63

    Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to▲66

    Information, networks, complexity to understand Economics

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Whither the World: The Political Economy of the Future▲54

    What's the future?

    2015 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →