The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It [Paperback]

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“Gerber loves to exhort people to develop powerful visions for theircompanies.” — Fortune”Thanks to Gerber l have freed up over three hours a day, significantly increased my sales, more than doubled my bottom line, and been able to take my first vacation in four years.” — Trish Lind, T. Lind Graphics, St. Paul, Minnesota”Without a doubt, the most important message for our company over thenext decade.” — The John Hancock Insurance Group

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Entrepreneur’s Notebook: Practical Advice for Starting a New Business Venture [Paperback]

Entrepreneur’s Notebook propels you on a whirlwind tour of the start-up process. It is an invaluable reference for new and experienced entrepreneurs that includes chapters on a wide range of topics, from entrepreneurial team building to business plans to financing. This excellent book provides an incredible amount of practical information that will help you make smarter decisions and avoid costly mistakes. The author, Steven K. Gold, is an accomplished entrepreneur who has co-fo (more…)

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t [Hardcover]

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Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, “Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?” In Good to Great Collins, the author of Built to Last, concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets. Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. They finally settled on 11–including Fan (more…)

The Best Business Books Ever: The 100 Most Influential Business Books You’ll Never Have Time to Read [Paperback]

From The Art of War to Being Digital-the 100 books that have shaped management thinking and practice. Given the urgency and immediacy of so many business problems and challenges, a solid grounding in the history and evolution of business thinking will help managers separate fad from fact and apply the cumulative wisdom of the writers whose ideas have demonstrated profound and lasting impact. From Sun Tzu’s timeless Art of War to the inventors of modern management in the 1920s-’ (more…)