Good to Great by Jim Collins
Review by Gloria Enoch
Whew! What a couple of years it’s been in the world of business. Jim Collins wrote the book Good to Great in 2001, having researched 15 companies who weathered the 1990’s. I wonder, considering the economic climate we’re experiencing in 2010, what Collins would say now if [...]
Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi
Review by Steve Lawson
How does a small business attract more clients without spending more money? You must be skilled at marketing like a WOMAN—Word Of Mouth And Networking. As a consultant in this area, I have read hundreds of books on how to do this effectively. By far, my favorite [...]
“Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand
Review by Mark Kosiarek
The legion of readers already familiar with Ayn Rand have one indisputable trait in common: they don’t mind a long, long novel. Atlas Shrugged is 1,168 pages. Rand wrote several other classics, including The Fountainhead, but Atlas Shrugged, published in 1957, was her greatest achievement and last work [...]
The E-Myth Revisited
Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It
by Michael E. Gerber
Review by Jake Doll
This book is a classic for anyone thinking about starting a business or currently running a business.
Up to half of start ups fail the first year with 90% to 95% failing within [...]
Blue Ocean Strategy
How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant
By: W. Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne
Blue Ocean Strategy provides a systematic approach to using value innovation to move into an entirely different, less competitive market place, rendering the competition irrelevant. The concept presented by Kim and Mauborgne is that businesses will attain [...]
The Experience Economy: Work Is Theater & Every Business a Stage
by B. Joseph Pine and James H. Gilmore
Review by Scott Eckart
What do Starbucks, Nordstrom, Google and Apple/MacIntosh all have in common? Each has the ability to create a memorable experience. Each company has taken something that could be considered a “commodity” and [...]
Everyone is looking for the perfect system to sell more of their products and services. Face it, in business nothing happens until something is sold. The shelves of book stores are full of books telling us they have found the secret to sales, and many of them are very good. (I should know; I have [...]
The Richest Man in Babylon
By George S. Clason
Review by Steve Stevens
I am always on the lookout for good books on wealth and finance. I’m seeking the ‘Holy Grail’ set of principles, the basic building blocks of a strong financial plan. I crave foundational principles.
In a passing conversation a good friend of mine asked me if [...]
Scanning the bookshelf for a good business book at a bookstore is like drinking from a fire hydrant: there’s just too much to choose from. I’m quickly overwhelmed. They all look good and I could probably benefit from every one. So, how to choose? I like to get personal referrals from friends and acquaintances to save time and money. [...]