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The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea84 reviews
Bob Burg, John David Mann

Portfolio Hardcover, 2007

Awesome Book!
Burg's enjoyable book, The Go-Giver builds on the lessons outlined in Endless Referrals. It combines an entertaining story, with likable characters, and a deceptively simple message which can be applied in both personal and professional settings with ease. With little introspection it's easy to see how applying the principles discussed in The Go-Giver would quickly add value in any ... 		  
  







  
  
Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke--the Simple Change That Can Make Your ...8 reviews
Cali Ressler, Jody Thompson

Portfolio Hardcover, 2008

ROWE is the ultimate solution to a broken workplace!
Best Buy's journey to a Results-Only Work Environment is a provactive real-life story that shatters our assumptions about how work gets done (assumptions that might have made sense for an industrial-age workplace, BUT not today's knowledge-based economy). Ressler and Thompson make the case with humor by showing us how ingrained and outdated some of our work notions are and they provide powerful ... 		  
  







  
  
The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures28 reviews
Dan Roam

Portfolio Hardcover, 2008

You can tell your story more compellingly using simple drawings
Most business books fall into a few broad categories, and though this one might be lumped in the category of how to do presentations, it is really much cooler than that. I guess I find it so cool because I can't really draw a straight line with a ruler. My kids are pretty good artists, but that comes from my wife's side. I am a musician. This book shows you how to use simple drawings and ... 		  
  







  
  
Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything79 reviews
Don Tapscott, Anthony D. Williams

Portfolio Hardcover, 2008

this book made me more creative
what a great book. it's one of those books, like daniel pink's a whole new mind, or some of seth godin's books and patrick lencioni's books, that constantly had my brain thinking about changes we could/should make to the company i lead. seriously, like dozens (hundreds?) of ideas. maybe a few of them will actually get implemented! the book is about how a web 2.0/wiki culture is changing our ... 		  
  







  
  
Inside Steve's Brain18 reviews
Leander Kahney

Portfolio Hardcover, 2008

Great book - but only one half of the story
This book is truly excellent. Well-written, well-researched and very readable. You will learn everything you even wanted to know about recent history of Apple from this book. However, book does not go into first release of the Mac back in 1984 and does not talk about people on whose shoulders Steve Jobs is standing today: primarily late Jef Raskin and Andy Herzfeld. Back in the 80s, Steve was ... 		  
  







  
  
The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything173 reviews
Guy Kawasaki

Portfolio Hardcover, 2004

brilliant guidelines for starting your business
I was somewhat skeptical when I started this book. Though attracted by the author's reputation, I was afraid to find this book yet another shallow collection of information for dummies. I was wrong. The author wastes no time on pontification but rather noninvasively shows what's important and why. Whether to use the technique is then up to the reader. And he does that in a concise and ... 		  
  







  
  
How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets16 reviews
Felix Dennis

Portfolio Hardcover, 2008

An honest account from a person who has been there and done that
This book is different from all the other get rich books that I have read because it is written by an author who is truly rich (he's one of the richest men in Britain). Felix Dennis is very honest about what he thinks are absolutely required to become rich, and it's not a walk in the park. It is HARD work. There ARE sacrifices to be made. Desire alone is not enough, you need COMPULSION if you ... 		  
  







  
  
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)111 reviews
Seth Godin

Portfolio Hardcover, 2007

Simple but true.
This is a very simple but powerful concept that will help those who apply it to achieve more in all areas of their lives. 		  
  







  
  
Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable174 reviews
Seth Godin

Portfolio Hardcover, 2003

Short, Sweet, and Accessible
At the heart of this book is the notion of "Moore's idea diffusion curve". It's just a bell-curve that shows innovators (sneezers), early adopters, early/late majority, and laggards. The central theme of the book is that you need to target the front of that curve by appealing your "remarkable" product to them as a niche, and treat them very specially. Contrary to the most popular review here ... 		  
  







  
  
Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)77 reviews
David Cay Johnston

Portfolio Hardcover, 2007

How "Special Interests" Pick Your Pocket to Create Billion-Dollar Fortunes
I wanted to lose my lunch on the shoes of any politician or executive named in this book after reading what David Cay Johnston had to say. Unless you want to be cheated forever (and for more money), read this book and let your "elected" and "appointed" representatives know that you won't stand for it any more. George Washington, as usual, got it right: If we allow political parties to exist ... 		  
  







  
  
It's Not About the Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks10 reviews
Howard Behar

Portfolio Hardcover, 2007

Attempting to live leadership idealism
As a leadership author and teacher, I recommend Behar's work for its challenge to live the idealism of leadership. While Starbucks is less than perfect as an organization [just witness their recent court battles], Behar outlines how he tried to inspire leadership in all ranks of the company. The chapters on mission, personal development, and the complexity of collaboration are important areas ... 		  
  







  
  
Topgrading for Sales: World-Class Methods to Interview, Hire, and Coach Top Sales Representatives
Ph.D., Bradford D. Smart, Greg Alexander

Portfolio Hardcover, 2008

A concise extension of the business classic Topgrading, targeted to sales managers Brad Smart’s Topgrading has sold more than 150,000 copies since 1999, making it the definitive book for executives who want to hire, coach, and retain top talent. Now Smart has teamed up with Greg Alexander, who used Topgrading to radically improve his sales force at EMC. In Topgrading for Sales , they have boiled down the key Topgrading ideas to a ... 		  
  







  
  
The Oz Principle: Getting Results through Individual and Organizational Accountability28 reviews
Craig Hickman, Tom Smith, ...

Portfolio Hardcover, 2004

I built a company culture on this book!
I'm now using this book to build a corp. culture for the second time. I buy a copy for every employee. I know they don't all read it. But, we use it as the text for company meetings, training and performance expectations. Big help in getting people to take more responsibility for our success as a company. 		  
  







  
  
Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls16 reviews
Noel M. Tichy, Warren G. Bennis

Portfolio Hardcover, 2007

A very useful framework for thinking through judgment and leadership
If you are a manager who wants to develop the skills of executive management, this book is for you. The authors provide a methodology that is not simple, but still quite understandable. It would be ideal for a course of MBA or Executive MBA students wanting to get a framework for decision making. The book has 13 chapters and then a handbook. The handbook is designed to help you take the ... 		  
  







  
  
The Ultimate Sales Machine: Turbocharge Your Business with Relentless Focus on 12 Key Strategies56 reviews
Chet Holmes

Portfolio Hardcover, 2007

Enhance your sales
This book compiles the steps to create an effective sales force. From marketing training to sales activity tracking, this book teaches how to make the most of your sales people. 		  
  







  
  
Topgrading: How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching, and Keeping the Best People, Revised and Updated ...58 reviews
Ph.D., Bradford D. Smart

Portfolio Hardcover, 2005

Wealth of Information
There is a wealth of information in Topgrading. Most business owners do not understand the importance of having the right people in the right spots. As the statistics show, about 75% of the people hired for a job are mis-hires. That is to say they are not the best available for the job and the salary range in the location of the job. In short, they are not "A" employees. There are many ... 		  
  







  
  
Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing out of Sync?39 reviews
Seth Godin

Portfolio Hardcover, 2007

Want to be ahead of the curve? Read this book!
Bestselling author and marketing Seth Godin has a message for you and your company - adding New Marketing elements to your existing marketing scheme is liking putting whipped cream and a cherry on your meatballs = Yuck! In fact, fourteen trends are relentlessly changing the way you need to do business, and if you choose to ignore the trends, your future looks bleak. This fascinating book tells ... 		  
  







  
  
What the Customer Wants You to Know: How Everybody Needs to Think Differently About Sales10 reviews
Ram Charan

Portfolio Hardcover, 2007

Author Hits a Home Run With This Book!
Ram Charan is outstanding at presenting the customer's perspective in the sales process. Often times sales people get hung up selling themselves, their company and on product features rather than focusing on customer needs. Turning things around and having sales people focus on how they can help a customer solve improve their business or process can change the sales process completely. ... 		  
  







  
  
The ETF Strategist: Balancing Risk and Reward for Superior Returns1 review
Russ Koesterich

Portfolio Hardcover, 2008

MBAs Only
This is an excellent book. Very intelligent and well written. It is NOT a how to do it book. The first third of the book is totally about the theory of risk vs reward and about how beta can be used to estimate risk and volitility. He does an excellent job of explaining beta. After that there is a long section on the legal structure of the business entities that offer ETFs. Following ... 		  
  







  
  
The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations56 reviews
Ori Brafman, Rod A. Beckstrom

Portfolio Hardcover, 2006

A pleasure to read 905 527 b5326
This book is simply a great read. The best part about this book is the writing itself. It's simple, short and to the point. This book could have easily been dragged out over 400 pages, but it wasn't. It was just the right size. Moreover, the concepts in the book were very well explained. My favorite section deals with how to battle something that is decentralized. This section is ... 		  
  







  




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