Books & Reviews
[Book Review] Building A Winning Business: 70 Takeaways
Author of "Building a Winning Business: 70 Takeaways for Creating a Strong Company during Good and Bad Economic Times" Tom Salonek comes up with a priceless book on business management that is concise yet insightful.
[Review] Superfreakonomics
Creators of the highly popular book "Freakonomics", hosts of the Freakonomics radio podcasts, University of Chicago economist Steven D. Levitt and New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner join forces yet again in "SuperFreakonomics".
[Review] The Transformational Entrepreneur
Many startup books focus on the nitty-gritties of actually setting up, running and growing a business. "The Transformational Entrepreneur: Igniting The Mind, Heart, & Spirit For Breakthrough Business Success", by Terry Murray, takes a different approach.
[Review] Six Pixels of Separation
Published in 2009, Mitch Joel's book on business strategy in the age of social media titled "Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone Is Connected. Connect Your Business to Everyone" is a laudable effort to tie in the disparate threads of the online world for those keen to experiment in this space.
[Review] The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
Part self help book, part fable, "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny" by leadership guru Robin Sharma is a slim volume that packs powerful life and leadership lessons in the form of a novel.
[Review] The Truth About IKEA: The Secret Success of the World’s Most Popular Furniture...
The book "The Truth about IKEA: The Secret Success of the World's Most Popular Furniture Brand", authored by 20-year Ikea veteran Johan Stenebo, provides a fascinating insight into what "really" happened behind its hallowed blue and yellow walls.
[Review] Small Is The New Big
Are you feeling the entrepreneurial (or intrapreneurial) itch lately? If so, "Small Is the New Big" may be the right up your alley.
[Review] Growth Or Bust: Proven Turnaround Strategies To Grow Your Business
Mark Faust's "Growth or Bust: Proven Turnaround Strategies to Grow Your Business" is a manual for business owners and executives to find untapped growth potential for their company, and is especially useful for those whose business is in some form of stagnation or regression, and has difficulty growing.
[Review] The Entrepreneur Equation: Evaluating the Realities, Risks, and Rewards of Having Your Own...
"The Entrepreneur Equation" by Carol Roth is a hard book to read, but only because it poses the aspiring entrepreneur the most difficult questions that need answering.
[Review] Brewing Up A Business
Sam Calagione's book "Brewing Up a Business: Adventures in Beer from the Founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery" is as much an insightful look into history and business of Dogfish Head Brewery as the American beer industry.
[Review] Your Company Sucks: It’s Time To Declare War On Yourself
Sales have plateaued, your employees are griping, customers are unhappy and you have no idea what is going wrong. Yes, your company sucks and you're at your wits' end. It's time for some self-reflection, and the book "Your Company Sucks: It's Time to Declare War on Yourself" may be able to help you find out what's wrong.
[Review] What The Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
Gladwell proffers radical answers to challenge age-old notions in his latest bestselling volume "What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures". A compilation of 19 essays on a wide range of topics - espionage, war, hair color, kitchen appliances, homelessness and more - the volume blends pop psychology, sociology, management and current affairs in a highly readable prose.
[Review] No Fear: Business Leadership In The Age Of Digital Cowboys
Leading business information architect and IT entrepreneur Pekka A. Viljakainen's book "No Fear: Business Leadership for the Digital Age" looks at how business leaders can attract and harness Digital Cowboys, essentially the crème de la crème of a new generation of digital natives, in order to future-proof their organizations.
[Review] The Pirate’s Dilemma
Pirate DJ, music buff, and magazine publisher Matt Mason's book The Pirate's Dilemma - How Youth Culture is Reinventing Capitalism is a fascinating tour-de-force of the world of youth culture, content piracy and the future of commerce.
[Review] The Start Your Own Business Bible
"The Start Your Own Business Bible" compiles some 501 business ideas and gives you an overview of the nature of each possible venture, as well as a lowdown of how to enter that business.
[Review] An Idea A Day
At first glance, "An Idea a Day...: 365 Great Business Ideas for Each Day of the Year" sounds like a book that offers you ideas for your to start a business with. In fact, it's not - it's more like a collection of great inspiration and excellent recommendations to help you spur an existing business to greater heights.
[Review] The SOHO Solution: 21 Selling Strategies For Growing Your Small Business
In "The SOHO Solution: 21 Selling Strategies For Growing Your Small Business", author and certified sales trainer Tom Abbott recommends 21 strategies that you can employ - one for each week - to help you increase sales.
[Review] Full Engagement!: Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People
Brian Tracy's book "Full Engagement!: Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People" is really about fully engaging people - your employees, for example - so as to maximize their potential and work effectiveness.
[Review] Entrepreneurial DNA
"Entrepreneurial DNA: The Breakthrough Discovery that Aligns Your Business to Your Unique Strengths" by serial entrepreneur and author Joe Abraham helps you identify what kind of entrepreneur you are so that you can optimize and leverage your business approach, processes and relationships for maximum success.
[Review] Unusually Excellent
Are you an unusually excellent leader? Leadership expert John Hamm's book, "Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership" delves deep into the key aspects that defines a great leader and sets a framework for helping you apply these fundamentals of leadership.
[Review] Onward: How Starbucks Fought For Its Life Without Losing Its Soul
"Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul", written by its CEO Howard Schultz, a wonderful story about the origins of the company, its ensuing growth and its drive towards constant reinvention, and also a cautionary tale for companies who run the dangers of pandering to Wall Street, instead of keeping the company focused on real, sustainable growth.
[Review] One Simple Idea
Inventor and entrepreneur Stephen Key shares his blueprint of how you can look for ways to turn your creativity into profit in new book "One Simple Idea: Turn Your Dreams into a Licensing Goldmine While Letting Others Do the Work".
[Review] The Superwoman Lifestyle Blueprint
In her new book, “The Superwoman Lifestyle Blueprint”, entrepreneur and business coach Vicki Irvin inks a blueprint that breaks down the steps you can follow to achieve career or business success while holding on to the other important things in life.
[Review] The Social Entrepreneur’s Handbook
Whether you are an established or aspiring entrepreneur with the desire to promote positive change, "The Social Entrepreneur's Handbook" is for you.
[Review] Everything We Know Is Wrong: The Trendspotter’s Handbook
Furturist Magnus Lindkvist shows us how to be a successful, observant trendspotter in his recent book, "Everything We Know is Wrong!: The Trendspotter's Handbook".
[Review] Guide To Getting Paid
If collecting credit is a problem that is plaguing your small business, then "The Guide to Getting Paid: Weed Out Bad Paying Customers, Collect on Past Due Balances, and Avoid Bad Debt" by Michelle Dunn is the book for you.
[Review] Knock ‘Em Dead: Secrets & Strategies For Success In An Uncertain World
"Knock 'em Dead - Secrets and Strategies for Success in an Uncertain World" by international best selling author and acclaimed thought leader on career issues Martin Yate is one of the better self-help books out there to help you land a perfect job and plan your career success.
20 Biographies Every Serious Entrepreneur Should Read
Whether they’re rising from poverty, picking up the pieces and trucking on after multiple failures or ditching the familiar 9-5, these entrepreneurs have not only stories, but lessons to share.
[Review] How To Speak American
"How to Speak American" is really a part-sociology, part-marketing book about addressing the need for brand marketers to embrace the largely ignored - in the marketing scheme of things - "New Heartland" of the United States.
[Review] The Benevolent Dictator
To successfully launch and lead a successful startup, there needs to be a benevolent dictator, asserts Michael Feuer, author of The Benevolent Dictator: Empower Your Employees, Build Your Business, and Outwit the Competition".