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Best Business Books

Let's here your most inspirational business books!

Permalink Reply by Matt Wilson on October 20, 2008 at 12:12am: Seth Godin's new book Tribes is on audio, Seth reads it for 99 cents on itunes

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Hope to get a discussion going around this book and it's promotion. Jared O'Toole did a nice blog post on it here; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Matt Wilson on October 20, 2008 at 2:56pm: Derek Sivers, founder of cdbaby.com a first rate genius, has this book list I came across; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Matt Wilson on November 17, 2008 at 11:14am: Free social media business e-book; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Nick Thacker on November 20, 2008 at 1:27pm: Any Seth Godin:

Purple Cow
Free Prize Inside
Permission Marketing

Most of Jay Conrad Levinson's stuff:

Guerilla Marketing
Guerilla Marketing Handbook
Guerilla Creativity

And some others:

Marketing Warfare by Al Ries and Jack Trout
The Little Book that Beats the Market
Rule #1 Investing
Sam Walton's autobiography (can't remember the title)
Blue Ocean Strategy
The Millionaire Mind and the The Millionaire Next Door
Selling by Tom Hopkins
250 Sales Questions to Close the Deal
The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell
Freakonomics
Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
One-Minute Millionaire

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Permalink Reply by Matt Wilson on November 25, 2008 at 1:15am: Saw this list on CollegiateEntrepreneur.com

* The E-myth Revisited by Michael Gerber - The new entrepreneur's bible!
* Mastering the Rockerfeller Habits by Verne Harnish - Strategies for rapid growth.
* Get The Edge by Anthony Robbins - You gotta have the right mindset to succeed. Read this!
* The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss - Takes the E-Myth and applies tips & tricks.
* Automatic Millionaire by David Bach - In short a "401K" for all parts of life.
* Raising the Bar by Gary Erickson - A grassroots entrepreneur story through and through.
* Purple Cow by Seth Godin - This book is remarkable! You'll get the joke when you read it.
* Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki - Make money, don't blow it. Motivational!
* The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki - Key insights to starting a company.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jared Lyda on November 25, 2008 at 1:46am: Two must read books are "The E-Myth" by Michael Gerber and "The Knack" by Norm Brodsky. It's only been out a month or so. Check out my review of it.
The E-Myth has had incredible impact on my business mindset. Check out my blog post on one of the concepts.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jared Lyda on November 25, 2008 at 1:50am: The 1st review is of "The Knack" the 2nd is for "The E-Myth". After re-reading my initial post, I realized i didn't communicate it very well.

Jared Lyda said:
Two must read books are "The E-Myth" by Michael Gerber and "The Knack" by Norm Brodsky. It's only been out a month or so. Check out my review of it.
The E-Myth has had incredible impact on my business mindset. Check out my blog post on one of the concepts.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Benjamin Gregory on December 6, 2008 at 12:28am: I believe that the novel How to win friends and influence People is still right up there with the best of them. This book is 75 years old, yet its meaning still holds today. It is still one of the best business books about how to treat others and make impressions in the business world. I know people who live by this book as much as they live by the bible.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by John Exley on December 6, 2008 at 1:07am: A few good ones...
The Speed of Trust by Steven Covey
Rich Dad's Guide to Investing by Robert Kiyosaki
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Brian Shaffer on December 6, 2008 at 4:16pm: My personal favorites:

How To Win Friends & Influence People
Rich Dad Poor Dad
The Wealthy Barber
The Science of Success - Based on the philosophies discussed in the movie The Secret. I suggest watching the movie, as this book is quite philosophical and at times very hard to trudge through. Take your time watching the movie. I watched it over the course of a week, letting all the ideas really seep into my brain.

I honestly didn't care for the book Think and Grow Rich. The concepts are good, but the author's style was so repetitive. Watch The Secret instead, it addresses the same ideas, but in a less wordy manner.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Eskat Asfaw on December 8, 2008 at 1:33am: Zero to one million - Ryan Allis
The Student Success Manifesto - Michael Simmons -
he Millionaire Mind - Thomas Stanley

How to win friends & influence people - great book
Think and grow rich - another great book; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Greg Smith on December 29, 2008 at 4:21pm: Execute by Ram Charan
Good to Great: Jim Collins (stockdale paradox chapter); ▶ Reply to This