100 Best Business Planning Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

1

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

Jim Collins

5.0

To find the keys to greatness, Collins's 21-person research team read and coded 6,000 articles, generated more than 2,000 pages of interview transcripts and created 384 megabytes of computer data in a five-year project. The findings will surprise many readers and, quite frankly, upset others.

The Challenge
Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies trium

Recommended by Jeff Bezos, Dave Ramsey, Drew Huston, and 34 others.

Jeff Bezos

Founder/Amazon

"Collins briefed Amazon executives on his seminal management book before its publication. Companies must confront the brutal facts of their business, find out what they are uniquely good at, and master their fly wheel, in which each part of the business reinforces and accelerates the other parts," Stone writes. [source]

Dave Ramsey

Author

Dave Ramsey recommended this book on his website. [source]

Max Levchin

Co-founder/PayPal, CEO/Affirm, Investor

Max Levchin recommended this book as an answer to "What business books would you advise young entrepreneurs read?" [source]

2

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Eric Ries

4.9

Preview Summary

Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.

Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. This is just as true for one person in a garage or a group of seasoned profes

Recommended by Sheryl Sandberg, Andrew Chen, Ben Horowitz, and 75 others.

Sheryl Sandberg

COO/Facebook

Provides a great inside look at how the tech industry approaches building products and businesses. [source]

Ben Horowitz

Co-founder/Andreessen Horowitz

Great. [source]

Dustin Moskovitz

Co-founder/Facebook and Asana

At Asana, we've been lucky to benefit from the author's advice firsthand; this book will enable him to help many more entrepreneurs answer the tough questions about their business. [source]

3

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

Chip Heath, Dan Heath

4.7

Preview Summary

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The instant classic about why some ideas thrive, why others die, and how to improve your idea's chances--essential reading in the "fake news" era.

Mark Twain once observed, "A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on." His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus news stories circulate effortlessly. Mean

Recommended by Vinod Khosla, Vinod Khosla, Brian Armstrong, and 13 others.

Arvind Narayanan

@conorgil My all-time favorite example of research communication is The Selfish Gene. Astonishingly effective at explaining deep research ideas/findings to a lay reader. A book with great advice: https://t.co/QD1sM2o0z6 (It isn't specific to research but still super valuable.) [source]

Bill Liao

The Book "Made to Stick" combined with "The Poetics" by Aristotle really helped me to see the power of telling great stories with surprises in them and every time I meet a start-up I can always make a contribution to their pitch. [source]

Cristian-Dragos Baciu

I highly recommend all the books written by the Heath brothers, especially Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive And Others Die. This one's a must-read for marketers. The reason I enjoyed their work so much is because they offer real-life stories and insights that makes it so much easier for the reader to imprint that information in his mind [source]

4

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

4.7

Preview Summary

For more than two thousand years, The Art of War has stood as a cornerstone of Chinese culture-a lucid epigrammatic text that reveals as much about human psychology, politics, and economics as it does about battlefield strategy. The influence of Sun-tzu's text has grown tremendously in the West in recent years, with military leaders, politicians, and corporate executives alike finding valuable ins

Recommended by Reid Hoffman, Evan Spiegel, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and 14 others.

Reid Hoffman

CEO/LinkedIn

Reid read Carl von Clausewitz and Sun Tzu as a boy, which informed his strategic thinking. [source]

Evan Spiegel

After meeting Mark Zuckerberg, Evan Spiegel immediately bought every Snapchat employee a copy of 'The Art Of War'. [source]

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicist, Author & Science Communicator

Which books should be read by every single intelligent person on planet? … The Art of War (Sun Tsu) to learn that the act of killing fellow humans can be raised to an art. If you read all of the above works you will glean profound insight into most of what has driven the history of the western world. [source]

5

The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail

Clayton M. Christensen

4.7

Preview Summary

The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation, renowned author Clayton M. Christensen.

His work is cited by the world’s best-known thought leaders, from Steve Jobs to Malcolm Gladwell. In this classic bestseller—now updated with a fresh new package—innovation expert Clayton Christensen shows how even the most outstanding companies can do everything right—yet still lose market leadership. Read th

Recommended by Jeff Bezos, Malcolm Gladwell, Steve Jobs, and 38 others.

Jeff Bezos

Founder/Amazon

Brad Stone's new book, The Everything Store, describes how Bezos developed this strategy after reading another book called The Innovator's Dilemma by Harvard professor Clayton Christensen. [source]

Steve Jobs

Founder/Apple

It's important that we make this transformation, because of what Clayton Christensen calls "the innovator's dilemma," where people who invent something are usually the last ones to see past it, and we certainly don't want to be left behind. [source]

Drew Houston

CEO/Dropbox

About how businesses get disrupted, and a lot of those themes are why startups can succeed and thrive even when there are big competitors who you would think would just wipe ’em out. [source]

6

Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

John Doerr

4.6

Preview Summary

Legendary venture capitalist John Doerr reveals how the goal-setting system of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) has helped tech giants from Intel to Google achieve explosive growth--and how it can help any organization thrive.

In the fall of 1999, John Doerr met with the founders of a start-up whom he'd just given $12.5 million, the biggest investment of his career. Larry Page and Sergey Brin h

Recommended by Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman, Walter Isaacson, and 6 others.

Bill Gates

CEO/Microsoft

John explains how OKRs Objectives and Key Results work and shows how you can apply them in all sorts of situations. I’d recommend John’s book for anyone interested in becoming a better manager (and I’d say that even if I hadn’t been interviewed for a super-nice chapter about the Gates Foundation). [source]

Reid Hoffman

CEO/LinkedIn

Whether you're a seasoned CEO or a first-time entrepreneur, you'll find valuable lessons, tools, and inspiration in the pages of Measure What Matters. I'm glad John invested the time to share these ideas with the world. [source]

Walter Isaacson

Author

In this indispensable book, the most important venture capitalist of our era reveals a key to business innovation and success. This crisp and colorful book combines fascinating case studies with insightful personal stories to show how OKRs can add magic to organizations of any size. [source]

7

Never Split the Difference

Chris Voss

4.6

Preview Summary

A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations—whether in the boardroom or at home.

After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator brought him face-to-face with a range of criminals, including bank robbers and terrorists. Reaching the pinnacl

Recommended by Dustin Moskovitz, Daniel Pink, Adam Grant, and 6 others.

Dustin Moskovitz

Co-founder/Facebook and Asana

Dustin Moskovitz recommended this book on Twitter. [source]

Daniel Pink

Author

Emphasizes the importance of emotional intelligence without sacrificing deal-making power. From the pen of a former hostage negotiator—someone who couldn’t take no for an answer—which makes it fascinating reading. But it’s also eminently practical. In these pages, you will find the techniques for getting the deal you want. [source]

Adam Grant

This book blew my mind. It’s a riveting read, full of instantly actionable advice—not just for high-stakes negotiations, but also for handling everyday conflicts at work and at home. [source]

8

The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success

William Thorndike

4.6

Preview Summary

”It is impossible to produce superior performance unless you do something different.” — John Templeton

What makes a successful CEO? Most people call to mind a familiar definition: a seasoned manager with deep industry expertise. Others might point to the qualities of today’s so-called celebrity CEOs—charisma, virtuoso communication skills, and a confident management style. But what really matters w

Recommended by Charles T. Munger, Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett, and 9 others.

Warren Buffett

CEO/Berkshire Hathaway

In his 2012 shareholder letter, Buffett praises The Outsiders as "an outstanding book about CEOs who excelled at capital allocation." Berkshire Hathaway plays a major role in the book. One chapter is on director Tom Murphy, who Buffett says is "overall the best business manager I've ever met." [source]

Michael Dell

CEO/Dell Computers

Thorndike explores the importance of thoughtful capital allocation through the stories of eight successful CEOs. A good read for any business leader but especially those willing to chart their own course [source]

Austen Allred

This is the best book on being a CEO I’ve ever read https://t.co/snoEVOqJGk https://t.co/GUsZNlnlpn [source]

9

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Nir Eyal

4.6

Preview Summary

How do successful companies create products people can’t put down?

Why do some products capture widespread attention while others flop? What makes us engage with certain products out of sheer habit? Is there a pattern underlying how technologies hook us?
Nir Eyal answers these questions (and many more) by explaining the Hook Model—a four-step process embedded into the products of many successful com

Recommended by Andrew Chen, Nir Eyal, Ken Norton, and 41 others.

Matt Mullenweg

Founder & CEO/Automattic

Hooked gives you the blueprint for the next generation of products. Read Hooked or the company that replaces you will. [source]

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten

The book everyone in Silicon Valley is talking about. [source]

Chandini Jain

One of the five books Chandini would you recommend to young people interested in her career path. [source]

10

Blue Ocean Strategy: How To Create Uncontested Market Space And Make The Competition Irrelevant

W. Chan Kim

4.5

Preview Summary

Winning by not competing! This international best seller upends traditional thinking with principles and tools to make the competition irrelevant.
In an audiobook that challenges everything you thought you knew, W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne assert that tomorrow's leading companies will succeed, not by battling their rivals for market share in the bloody "red ocean" of a shrinking profit pool, bu

Recommended by Daymond John, Steve Blank, Danielle Morrill, and 13 others.

Daymond John

Founder/FUBU

There are the normal ones that everybody loves. There would be "Rich Dad Poor Dad," "Who Moved My Cheese?;" I love all the Dale Carnegie books; "The One Minute Manager." I love newer ones like "Blue Ocean Strategy" and all the "Freaknomics" books. [source]

Ryan Holiday

Author

I don’t remember who originally told me to read Blue Ocean Strategy but I’m glad they did because this simple recommendation would substantially shape the course of my life and my career. [source]

Ayush Kumar

One doesn't necessarily need to take from others to fill their glass & you can always build a successful business in any industry. [source]

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The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals

Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, Jim Huling

4.5

Preview Summary

“The 4 Disciplines of Execution is a book every leader should read.” —Clayton Christensen, Professor, Harvard Business School, and author of The Innovator’s Dilemma

For fans of Good to Great and The First 90 Days, The Four Disciplines of Execution is the foundational text for creating lasting organizational change. A #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller with more than 500,000 copies sold, The Four Dis

Recommended by Michael Hyatt.

12

The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup

Noam Wasserman

4.5

Often downplayed in the excitement of starting up a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: should they go it alone, or bring in cofounders, hires, and investors to help build the business? More than just financial rewards are at stake. Friendships and relationships can suffer. Bad decisions at the inception of a promising venture lay the foundations fo

Recommended by Cody McLain and Thomas Hellmann.

Cody McLain

Will assume career path is running a startup, getting clients and managing a team of employees or collaborating with founders. These are some of the best books to cover these areas. It’s hard running a startup, let alone being the person who has to make the highest decisions in the organization. These books help provide the framework in how to run a successful organization but also share some of the stories and pitfalls from other founders so you can avoid making the same mistakes. [source]

Thomas Hellmann

It looks at the human or personal aspect of entrepreneurship. [source]

13

Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business

Gino Wickman

4.4

Preview Summary

Do you have a grip on your business, or does your business have a grip on you?

All entrepreneurs and business leaders face similar frustrations—personnel conflict, profit woes, and inadequate growth. Decisions never seem to get made, or, once made, fail to be properly implemented. But there is a solution. It’s not complicated or theoretical.The Entrepreneurial Operating System® is a practical metho

14

Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers

Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur

4.4

Preview Summary

Business Model Generation is a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers striving to defy outmoded business models and design tomorrow's enterprises. If your organization needs to adapt to harsh new realities, but you don't yet have a strategy that will get you out in front of your competitors, you need Business Model Generation. Co-created by 470 -Business Model Canvas- practitione

Recommended by Nir Eyal, Steve Blank, Alexandra Stroe, and 3 others.

Alexandra Stroe

I'd recommend The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur and Zero to One by Peter Thiel when they are in the starting phase of a business that needs to validate its business model. [source]

Ashley Hathaway

I could probably name a dozen books here, but I’ll point out The Business Model Generation and Value Prop Design from Strategyzer. I steal from these constantly and are engrained in my work process. These books put into practice really taught me how to think. As soon as I saw that everything should have a foundation of empathy, what good user-testing looks like, how to test and iterate it changed everything. After that any problem could be solved. It wasn’t solving one big monolithic problem. It was going through a process. [source]

Kaci Lambe Kai

This was a great book, because it opened up the idea of what a business model is supposed to be vs what it can be. It doesn't have to be a stuffy, boring document. [source]

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Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters

Richard Rumelt

4.3

Preview Summary

Clears out the mumbo jumbo and muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear way to create and implement a powerful action-oriented strategy for the real world

Developing and implementing a strategy is the central task of a leader, whether the CEO at a Fortune 100 company, an entrepreneur, a church pastor, the head of a school, or a government official. Richard Rumelt shows t

Recommended by Ann Handley, John Kay, Louis Grenier, and 3 others.

John Kay

It’s very well written and I see I am quoted on the back cover saying, ‘This is the only book about business strategy which I didn’t want to put down.' [source]

Louis Grenier

If you want to think about strategy, the proper strategy, how to understand what to do, what not to do, read: “Good Strategy, Bad Strategy”, “Good to Great” and “Blue Ocean Strategy”. [source]

Patricia Reed

I loved Good Strategy/Bad Strategy, by Richard Rumelt. It had many stories and examples about how strategy is often misconstrued, and what leaders can do to ensure they have a proper strategy. [source]

16

Successful Business Plan: Secrets & Strategies

Rhonda Abrams

4.3

This essential step-by-step guide for anyone launching or expanding a successful business has been used by over a million entrepreneurs. It includes expert help, worksheets to jumpstart the process, a sample business plan, tips on impressing funders, winning tips for competitions, and more. Used in the top business schools throughout the nation, the book covers every aspect of a successful busines

17

The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything

Guy Kawasaki

4.3

A new product, a new service, a new company, a new division, a new organization, a new anything—where there’s a will, here’s the way. It begins with a dream that just won’t quit, the once-in-a-lifetime thunderbolt of pure inspiration, the obsession, the world-beater, the killer app, the next big thing. Everyone who wants to make the world a better place becomes possessed by a grand idea.
But what d

Recommended by Ev Williams and Deepak Hariharan.

Deepak Hariharan

Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki was my bible when I started up. If you plan to become an entrepreneur – this is an absolute must-read. [source]

18

Future Ready: A Changemaker's Guide to the Exponential Revolution

Nick Davis

4.3

. In Future Ready, Nick Davis shares the actual frameworks Singularity University uses with clients, along with case studies detailing how those enterprises have applied these strategies to leap ahead and stay there. More than half of the Fortune 500 have chosen Singularity University to develop their future vision and strategies. SU has developed a full range of tools, programs, and methodologies

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Starting a Business QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide to Launching a Successful Small Business, Turning Your Vision into Reality, and Achieving Your Entrepreneurial Dream

Ken Colwell PhD MBA

4.3

Starting a Business QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide to Launching a Successful Small Business, Turning Your Vision into Reality, and Achieving Your Entrepreneurial Dream

THE ULTIMATE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO STARTING A BUSINESS IN 2019!

Have you ever dreamt of starting your own business and living life on your terms?

This book shows you EXACTLY what you need to know to stand out from the

20

New Sales. Simplified.: The Essential Handbook for Prospecting and New Business Development

Mike Weinberg

4.3

Preview Summary

Packed with examples and anecdotes, New Sales. Simplified. offers a proven formula for prospecting, developing, and closing deals. No matter how much repeat business you get from loyal customers, the lifeblood of your business is a constant flow of new accounts. With refreshing honesty and some much-needed humor, sales expert Mike Weinberg examines the critical mistakes made by most salespeople an

Recommended by Mark Hunter, Mark Hunter, Mike Weinberg, and 4 others.

The Responsive Edge

Arguably the best #sales prospecting book on the market. Period. https://t.co/rtCeo2hzNV [source]

21

Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want

Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Gregory Bernarda, and Alan Smith

4.2

If you liked "Business Model Generation," you'll love "Value Proposition Design." The sequel builds on the same visual format and practical tools that made the first one so useful. It shows you how to use the Value Proposition Canvas, a practical business tool to design, test, create, and manage products and services customers want. It compliments and perfectly integrates with the Business Model C

Recommended by Nir Eyal, Steve Blank, Ashley Hathaway, and 2 others.

Ashley Hathaway

I could probably name a dozen books here, but I’ll point out The Business Model Generation and Value Prop Design from Strategyzer. I steal from these constantly and are engrained in my work process. These books put into practice really taught me how to think. As soon as I saw that everything should have a foundation of empathy, what good user-testing looks like, how to test and iterate it changed everything. After that any problem could be solved. It wasn’t solving one big monolithic problem. It was going through a process. [source]

Chandini Jain

One of the five books Chandini would you recommend to young people interested in her career path. [source]

22

Mind Your Business: Plan Your Business and Turn Your Creative Passion Into Your Full-Time Gig

Ilana Griffo

4.2

This is not your mama's business plan. Mind Your Business is created for entrepreneurial women (and men--you're welcome too!) who want to turn their creative passions into a full-time job. If you dream of building a business doing what you love, this book is for you. So you're sick of the hustle, and ready to take your talents to the next level, but the thought of taking the "leap" is intimidating

23

Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't (Rockefeller Habits 2.0)

Verne Harnish

4.2

Preview Summary

Winner of the 2015 International Book Awards for General Business

Winner of the 2015 National Indie Excellence Award for General Business

Winner of the 2015 Readers' Favorite International Book Award Gold Medal for Non-Fiction Business

Winner of the 2015 Paris Book Festival Award for Business

Winner of the 2015 Amsterdam Book Festival Award for Business

Winner of the 2015 San Francisco Book Festival A

Recommended by Patrick Lencioni, Graham Weston, Alexandra Stroe, and 3 others.

Patrick Lencioni

President/The Table Group

Verne Harnish is more committed to helping companies grow than any other person on the planet. Really. He's also radically practical in his approach and that is reflected throughout this terrific book. [source]

Graham Weston

CEO/Rackspace

Fast-growing companies - not small ones or big ones - create almost all the jobs and innovation in our economy, and Verne has been an invaluable guide to leaders of such companies, like me. Scaling Up helps us put in place the disciplines critical to building a significant business. [source]

Alexandra Stroe

I'd recommend Scaling Up by Verne Harnish, The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz and Measure what Matters by John Doerr for scaling and managing the business. [source]

24

The Invincible Company: How to Constantly Reinvent Your Organization with Inspiration From the World's Best Business Models

Alexander Osterwalder

4.2

25

This Is Not a T-Shirt: A Brand, a Culture, a Community--A Life in Streetwear

Bobby Hundreds

4.2

The story of The Hundreds and the precepts that made it an iconic streetwear brand by Bobby Hundreds himself

Streetwear exists in that rarefied space where genuine “cool” coexists with big business; where a star designer might work simultaneously with Nike, a tattoo artist, Louis Vuitton, and a skateboard company. It’s the ubiquitous style of dress comprising hoodies, sneakers, and T-shirts that is

Recommended by Gary Vaynerchuk, Jessica Alba, Alan Yang, and 3 others.

Gary Vaynerchuk

Chairman/VaynerX

Simply put, Bobby Hundreds is a social beast. He knows how to tell a story, where to tell that story, and he's great at bringing people together. He's also crazy dedicated to his work and has the laser-focused attention to detail needed to not only build an everlasting globally relevant brand, but any successful business. [source]

Jessica Alba

Founder/The Honest Company

Building a brand is about identifying and fulfilling a need in a way that no one else can. It takes vision, dedication, and attention to detail. The Hundreds is a prime example of what it looks like when you've combined all these elements along with tapping into a culture and community. This is Not a T-Shirt guides you through methods and tools you can apply to get you one step closer to fulfilling your dream. [source]

Alan Yang

Bobby Hundreds is an encyclopedia of American pop culture, from breakfast cereals and Saturday morning cartoons to hardcore, punk, and hip-hop. He's packed all of his cultural insights into This is Not a T-Shirt, a book about turning your hobbies into your passions, which he's done his entire life. Also, we went to high school together, he was way cooler than me then, and now he's written a book before I have, and that's extremely annoying. [source]

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The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

Kevin Kelly

4.2

From one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our lives

Much of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion. In this fascinating, provocative new book, Kevin Kelly provides an optimistic road map for the future, sh

Recommended by David Allen, Marc Andreessen, Chris Anderson, and 7 others.

David Allen

Author

Kevin said: We’re at a time right now, an apex in our culture, that is more significant than the Industrial Revolution, in terms of how much it’s going to change the world. I love his first chapter. He said, ‘You’re never going to get really good at anything, because everything keeps being updated. [source]

Marc Andreessen

Co-Founder/Andreessen Horowitz

Automatic must read. [source]

Chris Anderson

This boook offers profound insight into what happens (soon!) when intelligence flows as easily into objects as electricity. [source]

27

Speculative Management: Stock Market Power and Corporate Change

Dan Krier

4.2

In this timely work, Dan Krier examines the relationship between two phenomena that dominated the economic scene in the late twentieth century: the rising power of financial markets and the restructuring of American industry. He argues that corporate governance was transformed during this period into speculative teams of stock-optioned executives and activist owners. These teams encouraged a vigor

28

Business Plan Template And Example: How To Write A Business Plan: Business Planning Made Simple

Alex Genadinik

4.2

Now used by the University of Kentucky entrepreneurship program and a number of other colleges and high schools around the country.

Use this book's revolutionary new way to plan a business to create a professional business plan that will help you identify the most effective business strategies for your situation.

Take this step to starting your business, achieve independence, and become your own bos

29

Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts

Annie Duke

4.2

Preview Summary

In Super Bowl XLIX, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made one of the most controversial calls in football history: With 26 seconds remaining, and trailing by four at the Patriots' one-yard line, he called for a pass instead of a hand off to his star running back. The pass was intercepted and the Seahawks lost. Critics called it the dumbest play in history. But was the call really that bad? Or did Carro

Recommended by Charles Duhigg, Marc Andreessen, Seth Godin, and 7 others.

Charles Duhigg

Author

Through wonderful storytelling and sly wit, Annie Duke has crafted the ultimate guide to thinking about risk. We can all learn how to make better decisions by learning from someone who made choices for a living, with millions on the line. [source]

Marc Andreessen

Co-Founder/Andreessen Horowitz

Compact guide to probabilistic domains like poker, or venture capital. Best articulation of "resulting", drawing bad conclusions from confusing process and outcome. Recommend for people operating in the real world. [source]

Seth Godin

Author, Marketer, Entrepreneur

Brilliant. Buy ten copies and give one to everyone you work with. It's that good. [source]

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An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management

Will Larson

4.2

Recommended by Charity Majors and Jeff Morris Jr..

Charity Majors

Holy fuckola. I got ~4 pages through @lethain's new book before realizing "this might be the best book I have ever read on engineering teams" and by page 42 I knew for sure. Every engineer should read this. Not just managers. https://t.co/cNI53wS4bK [source]

Jeff Morris Jr.

@briannekimmel @Lethain Great book — highly recommend. [source]

31

Pmp Exam Prep: Rita's Course in a Book for Passing the Pmp Exam

Rita Mulcahy

4.2

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Family Child Care Business Planning Guide

Tom Copeland

4.2

Helps new and established family child care providers give their business solid footing for the future.

33

The Idea Lifestyle Bundle: An Effective System to Fulfill Dreams, Create Successful Business Ideas, and Become a World-Class Impromptu Speaker in Record Time

Andrii Sedniev

4.2

The Idea Lifestyle Bundle is a comprehensive step-by-step system to effectively fulfill dreams, create successful business ideas and speak impromptu. Happiness and success in life highly depends on how effectively you can generate and implement ideas. After reading The Idea Lifestyle Bundle you will be able to build your lifestyle around ideas and get on the highway towards the life of your dreams

34

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth

T. Harv Eker

4.2

Preview Summary

In his groundbreaking Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, T. Harv Eker states: "Give me five minutes, and I can predict your financial future for the rest of your life!" Eker does this by identifying your "money and success blueprint." This blueprint determines your financial life. If your money blueprint is not set for a high level of success, you will never have a lot of money, and if somehow you d

Recommended by Jochen Siepmann and Lewis Smith.

Jochen Siepmann

Question: What books had the biggest impact on you? Perhaps changed the way you see things or dramatically changed your career path. Answer: Rich Dad, Poor Dad (Robert Kiyosaki) Money, Master The Game (Anthony Robbins) Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind (T Harv Eker) [source]

Lewis Smith

"Secrets of the Millionaire Mind" by T Harv Eker has also had a radical impact on me in recent years and on my attitude towards money. I find it almost embarrassing to recommend because the ideas are very radical and "woo woo", but if you stick with it, it can change your perspective totally. [source]

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The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field

Mike Michalowicz

4.2

Preview Summary

Each year Americans start one million new businesses, nearly 80 percent of which fail within the first five years. Under such pressure to stay alive—let alone grow—it’s easy for entrepreneurs to get caught up in a never-ending cycle of “sell it—do it, sell it—do it” that leaves them exhausted, frustrated, and unable to get ahead no matter how hard they try.

This is the exact situation Mike Michalow

Recommended by Seth Godin and Jacqui Pretty.

Jacqui Pretty

Here are some that might help: (...) - The Pumpkin Plan for differentiation [source]

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The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Powerful Advertising and Marketing Copy from One of America's Top Copywriters

Joseph Sugarman

4.2

Great copy is the heart and soul of the advertising business. In this practical guide, legendary copywriter Joe Sugarman provides proven guidelines and expert advice on what it takes to write copy that will entice, motivate, and move customers to buy. For anyone who wants to break into the business, this is the ultimate companion resource for unlimited success.

Recommended by Cristian-Dragos Baciu, Jeff Bullas, and Ola Olusoga.

Cristian-Dragos Baciu

I'd just go with something that's a bit of a more light read, like Dan Kennedy's Ultimate Sales Letter, or Joe Sugarman's The Adweek Copywriting Handbook. Either one of these will give you a solid building block that you can then expand upon with the more advanced courses, like Breakthrough Advertising, or Clayton Makepeace's Ultimate Desktop Copycoach. [source]

Ola Olusoga

Like Charlie Munger once said: “I’ve long believed that a certain system - which almost any intelligent person can learn - works way better than the systems most people use to understand the world. What you need is a latticework of mental models in your head. And, with that system, things gradually fit together in a way that enhances cognition. Just as multiple factors shape every system, multiple mental models from a variety of disciplines are necessary to understand that system". You can read this book to start building a "latticework of mental models in your head". [source]

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The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile Applications, Blogs, Newsjacking, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly

David Meerman Scott

4.2

The international bestseller--now in a new edition When it comes to marketing, anything goes in the Digital Age, right? Well, not quite. While marketing and public relations tactics do seem to change overnight, every smart businessperson knows that it takes a lot more than the 'next big thing.'

The New Rules of Marketing & PR is an international bestseller with more than 375,000 copies sold in twen

Recommended by Ann Handley and Kyrylo Taranenko.

Kyrylo Taranenko

Make sure to pick up the revised edition. For my generation, most advice is pretty obvious (blogs are Social Media too - oh I didn’t know that already :D), but there are some interesting cases and thoughts on going viral. [source]

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Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck--Why Some Thrive Despite Them All

Jim Collins

4.1

Preview Summary

Ten years after the worldwide bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins returns withanother groundbreaking work, this time to ask: why do some companies thrive inuncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? Based on nine years of research,buttressed by rigorous analysis and infused with engaging stories, Collins andhis colleague Morten Hansen enumerate the principles for building a truly greatenterpris

Recommended by Joseph Liu and Mark Moses.

Joseph Liu

I love this book because it provides some practical case studies about the behaviors that allow certain individuals, teams, and companies to excel that you can then apply to your own personal life and career. [source]

Mark Moses

listing the books that had the biggest impact on him [source]

39

The Connected Company

Dave Gray, Thomas Vander Wal

4.1

The future of work is already here.

Customers are adopting disruptive technologies faster than your company can adapt. When your customers are delighted, they can amplify your message in ways that were never before possible. But when your company’s performance runs short of what you’ve promised, customers can seize control of your brand message, spreading their disappointment and frustration faster

40

The One Page Business Plan for the Creative Entrepreneur: Start With a Vision, Build a Company!

Jim Horan, Tom Peters

4.1

41

Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works

A.G. Lafley, Roger L. Martin

4.1

Preview Summary

Are you just playing—or playing to win?

Strategy is not complex. But it is hard. It’s hard because it forces people and organizations to make specific choices about their future—something that doesn’t happen in most companies.

Now two of today’s best-known business thinkers get to the heart of strategy—explaining what it’s for, how to think about it, why you need it, and how to get it done. And they

Recommended by Meg Whitman and Jeremy Miller.

Meg Whitman

CEO/HP

The entire company has organized around "Playing to Win" which is a book written by A.G. Lafley and a colleague of his. Listen, there are many ways to deploy strategy in companies. This is one I found to be particularly helpful because organizations have a lot of trouble making decisions, particularly at our scale. So this notion of where to play, what countries, what market segments, what products, and where not to play because we can't do it profitably, has been a very good discipline. ... And then once you determine where you're going to play, how to win. That is through a combination of where you are going to excel versus competitors. It's actually been a really good common framework that we can apply across HP. It's easily understandable and actually forces the tough trade-offs. [source]

42

Testing Business Ideas: A Field Guide for Rapid Experimentation

Alexander Osterwalder, David J. Bland, Yves Pigneur, Gregory Bernarda, Alan Smith, and Trish Papadakos

4.1

A practical guide to effective business model testing

7 out of 10 new products fail to deliver on expectations. Testing Business Ideas aims to reverse that statistic. In the tradition of Alex Osterwalder's global bestseller Business Model Generation, this practical guide contains a library of hands-on techniques for rapidly testing new business ideas.

Testing Business Ideas explains how systematical

Recommended by Nichole Elizabeth Demeré B2b Saas.

Nichole Elizabeth Demeré B2b Saas

This is probably my favorite career book of 2019. https://t.co/gS1yEFIdlj [source]

43

Anatomy of a Business Plan: The Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Business and Securing Your Company's Future

Linda Pinson

4.1

From envisioning the organizational structure to creating the marketing plan that powers growth to building for the future with airtight financial documents, this guide provides the tools to create well-constructed business plans. Beginning with the initial considerations, this handbook offers proven, step-by-step advice for developing and packaging the components of a business plan—cover sheet, t

44

Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup

Rob Walling

4.1

Product Description: Start Small, Stay Small is a step-by-step guide to launching a self-funded startup. If you're a desktop, mobile or web developer, this book is your blueprint to getting your startup off the ground with no outside investment. This book intentionally avoids topics restricted to venture-backed startups such as: honing your investment pitch, securing funding, and figuring out how

Recommended by Turgay Birand.

Turgay Birand

Start Small, Stay Small by Rob Walling is good for getting some actionable tactics towards building and selling software products [source]

45

Options as a Strategic Investment

Lawrence G. McMillan

4.1

The market in listed options and non-equity option products provides investors and traders with a wealth of new, strategic opportunities for managing their investments. This updated and revised Fifth Edition of the bestselling Options as a Strategic Investment gives you the latest market-tested tools for improving the earnings potential of your portfolio while reducing downside risk—no matter how

46

Winning with Customers: A Playbook for B2B

D. Keith Pigues, Jerry D. Alderman, Karel Czanderna, Owens Corning

4.1

Do Your Customers Make More Money Doing Business With You?Knowing the answer can help you build measurable and valuable customer relationships, outperform the competition, and unlock profitable growth.

Companies are blind to opportunities for profitable customer relationships without a deep understanding of how they create customer value relative to competitors. With a rigorous and measurable under

47

The Harvard Business Review Manager's Handbook: The 17 Skills Leaders Need to Stand Out

Harvard Business Review

4.1

The one primer you need to develop your managerial and leadership skills.

Whether you’re a new manager or looking to have more influence in your current management role, the challenges you face come in all shapes and sizes—a direct report’s anxious questions, your boss’s last-minute assignment of an important presentation, or a blank business case staring you in the face. To reach your full potenti

48

101 Boardroom Problems and How to Solve Them

Eli Mina, Keith Michael Fiels

4.1

Every board has one main purpose--to make and execute quality decisions. However, even the best board can be derailed by personality clashes or inherent flaws in its system. 101 Boardroom Problems and How to Solve Them offers readers practical tools to prevent and deal with every difficult situation, from collective impatience and indecision to rivalries and conflicts of interest. As a board effec

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49

Cluttered Mess to Organized Success Workbook: Declutter and Organize your Home and Life with over 100 Checklists and Worksheets (Plus Free Full Downloads)

Cassandra Aarssen

4.1

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50

Event Planning and Management: Principles, Planning and Practice

Ruth Dowson and David Bassett

4.1

Event Planning and Management , second edition, is an ideal resource for those seeking a step by step formula to plan and deliver a successful event. With the vital balance of professional experience behind them, the authors teach the next generation of event planners with unrivalled knowledge, ensuring an effective event process from start to finish. This book delivers practical understanding of

51

Free: The Future of a Radical Price

Chris Anderson

4.1

Reveals how to run an online business profitably in spite of the Internet's inherently free culture, disseminating the principles of a ''priceless economy'' in six categories that pertain to advertising, labor exchange, and advanced-version fees.

Recommended by Andrew Mayne, Antonio Eram, and Bogdana Butnar.

Andrew Mayne

@chr1sa Re-reading Free after a decade. Still a great book. It's interesting to see how things turned out. [source]

Antonio Eram

This book was recommended by Antonio when asked for titles he would recommend to young people interested in his career path. [source]

Bogdana Butnar

I thought I might put my money where my mouth is. I keep whining that young people are not in touch with some essential books on advertising that have helped me shape the way I practise my trade today, but I never did anything about it. So I am starting here the ultimate books to read list. I will add to it as I get suggestions and as more good books get written. [source]

52

Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life

Ozan Varol

4.1

Preview Summary

A veteran of the Mars Rover project reveals the habits, ideas, and strategies that will help your once-impossible ambitions achieve liftoff.

We're experiencing a second age of spaceflight, and the renaissance of rocket science is captivating the world. Movies and television shows set in this sphere consistently top the charts, and millions tune in to watch SpaceX launches. Although we glamorize roc

53

Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great

Jim Collins

4.1

Building upon the concepts introduced in Good to Great, Jim Collins answers the most commonly asked questions raised by his readers in the social sectors. Using information gathered from interviews with over 100 social sector leaders, Jim Collins shows that his "Level 5 Leader" and other good-to-great principles can help social sector organizations make the leap to greatness.

Recommended by Lawrence Jones Mbe.

54

Stock Investing for Dummies

Paul Mladjenovic

4.1

Grow your stock investments in today's changing environment Updated with new and revised material to reflect the current market, this new edition of Stock Investing For Dummies gives you proven strategies for selecting and managing profitable investments. no matter what the conditions. You'll find out how to navigate the new economic landscape and choose the right stock for different situations--w

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55

Start Your Own Event Planning Business: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success

The Staff of Entrepreneur Media and Cheryl Kimball

4.1

START YOUR OWN EVENT PLANNING BUSINESS AND CELEBRATE ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK!

Weddings, graduations, birthday parties, anniversaries, and conferences—what do these all have in common? Everyone would rather hire someone else to plan and run them! That someone can be you.

Take your passion for event planning to the next level with in-the-trenches advice and tools you need to start, run, and grow a suc

56

The Business Idea Factory: A World-Class System for Creating Successful Business Ideas

Andrii Sedniev

4.1

The Business Idea Factory is an effective and easy-to-use system for creating successful business ideas. It is based on 10 years of research into idea-generation techniques used by the world's best scientists, artists, CEOs, entrepreneurs and innovators. The book is entertaining to read, has plenty of stories and offers bits of wisdom necessary to increase the quantity and quality of ideas that yo

57

Map Your Business: Define Success, Set Goals, Make a Plan (You'll Stick With)

Tara Swiger

4.1

Do you get bogged down in the daily To Do list or lost in Big Picture dreaming? The BEST way to make all your handmade business dreams come true is to put it together- start with the Big Picture and boil it down into a plan.

To make your goals happen:

Get clear on what you really want.

Break it down into do-able steps.

DO IT.

Reassess and adjust regularly.

Map Your Business will guide you to do exactly

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The Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time

Jim McKelvey

4.1

From the cofounder of Square, an inspiring and entertaining account of what it means to be a true entrepreneur and what it takes to build a resilient, world-changing company

In 2009, a St. Louis glassblowing artist and recovering computer scientist named Jim McKelvey lost a sale because he couldn't accept American Express cards. Frustrated by the high costs and difficulty of accepting credit card p

59

The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect

Judea Pearl

4.1

A Turing Award-winning computer scientist and statistician shows how understanding causality has revolutionized science and will revolutionize artificial intelligence
"Correlation is not causation." This mantra, chanted by scientists for more than a century, has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. Today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, instigated by Judea Pearl and his colleag

Recommended by D.a. Wallach and Kirk Borne.

D.a. Wallach

@EricTopol @yudapearl @bschoelkopf @MPI_IS I love @yudapearl 's book so much! Profound, heterodox. [source]

Kirk Borne

.@yudapearl wrote the awesome "Book of Why", but he recommends this fun and less #mathematics-heavy read >> his #AI lecture given in 1999: https://t.co/kNYIoJ8qcY #DataScience #MachineLearning #Statistics #BookofWhy #Causalinference #Bayes https://t.co/CNQlKP8cU3 [source]

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60

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy (including featured article “What Is Strategy?” by Michael E. Porter)

Harvard Business Review, Michael E. Porter, W. Chan Kim, Renée A. Mauborgne

4.1

Is your company spending too much time on strategy development--with too little to show for it?
If you read nothing else on strategy, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you catalyze your organization's strategy development and execution.
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy will inspire you to:
-Distingu

61

High Performance Planner Full-Year Pack: 6 Planners = 12-Month Supply

Brendon Burchard

4.1

For ultimate high performance: a full year's supply of the revolutionary planner-and-journal designed by the world-leading coach in high performance and backed by science--featuring calendars, writing prompts, schedules, self-assessments, and a variety of colors.

Committed to high performance? This pack of six 2-in-1 day planners/journals will guide you through strategizing the next 12 months of yo

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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?")

Harvard Business Review, Peter F. Drucker, Clayton M. Christensen, Daniel Goleman

4.1

The path to your professional success starts with a critical look in the mirror.

If you read nothing else on managing yourself, read these 10 articles (plus the bonus article “How Will You Measure Your Life?” by Clayton M. Christensen). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles to select the most important ones to help you maximize yourself.

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yo

Recommended by Tasneem Raja.

Tasneem Raja

@BOTMpod @MelissaClark @iHeartRadio I am not someone who likes talking about (or reading) leadership/professional development books, but @HarvardBiz's On Managing Yourself has helped me enormously over the past couple months, in a time of big transitions and new beginnings. https://t.co/dhtIAnDP8i [source]

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63

Finance 101 for Kids: Money Lessons Children Cannot Afford to Miss

Walter Andal

4.1

How do we equip the next generation with money management skills that they can carry forth into their adult lives?

One of the most important lessons that you can teach your kids is how to handle their money. Unfortunately, for most parents, giving their kids a sound financial education is an afterthought at best.

Frustrated by the lack of resources that apply the concept of finance to real life situ

64

Design a Better Business: New Tools, Skills, and Mindset for Strategy and Innovation

Patrick Van Der Pijl, Justin Lokitz, Lisa Kay Solomon, Erik van der Pluijm, Maarten van Lieshout

4.1

Whether you're a business leader, aspiring entrepreneur, corporate innovator, growth investor, social impact change agent or enterprising student, Design a Better Business is the comprehensive guide to the new tools, skills and mindsets required to master ambiguity and create value from uncertainty.

Design a Better Business introduces readers to the double loop design process, a practical approach

65

The High Performance Planner

Brendon Burchard

4.0

This combination planner-and-journal helps readers strategize their lives and increase their performance via writing prompts, self-assessments, and calendars--all backed by science and the author's 20 years coaching the highest performers in business, athletics, entertainment, and beyond.

The High Performance Planner is a 2-in-1 day planner and journal based on the world's largest study of how high

66

Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months: A Month-by-Month Guide to a Business that Works

Melinda F Emerson, Michael J. Critelli

4.0

"Melinda Emerson...will inspire you to pursue your own entrepreneurial vision."
—Marc H. Morial, President, National Urban League

Whether you're newly unemployed, sick of office life and longing for a change, or just want to finally turn your business idea into reality, you can follow your dream and make your passion your profession. Drawing on her experience as founder of an award-winning producti

67

Developing and Administering a Child Care and Education Program

Dorothy June Sciarra, Anne G. Dorsey, Ellen Lynch

4.0

This text is intended as a core text for an Early Childhood Administration course required at most schools of education and taught primarily at community colleges, secondary/vocational schools, four-year universities, and some career colleges.

68

Subscribed: Why the Subscription Model Will Be Your Company's Future - And What to Do about It

Tien Tzuo, Gabe Weisert

4.0

A USA Today bestseller! Companies like Netflix, Spotify, and Salesforce are just the tip of the iceberg for the subscription model. The real transformation--and the real opportunity--is just beginning.

Subscription companies are growing nine times faster than the S&P 500. Why? Because unlike product companies, subscription companies know their customers. A happy subscriber base is the ultimate econ

Recommended by Mark Hamade.

Mark Hamade

Best CEO in America right now! A must buy book! https://t.co/tiG8VdIs7p [source]

69

Becoming a Coaching Leader: The Proven Strategy for Building a Team of Champions

Daniel S. Harkavy, Steve Halliday, Patrick Lencioni

4.0

Becoming a Coaching Leader shows business managers and leaders at all levels why they should add coach to corporate titles and lead their teams to greatness. This book equips you with the skills, disciplines, and knowledge to turn your paycheck-driven teams into vibrant and successful growth cultures. CEO and Head Coach of Building Champions, Daniel Harkavy shows you how to move beyond the theoret

70

Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies

Geoffrey West

4.0

The former head of the Sante Fe Institute, visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the field of complexity science, the science of emergent systems and networks. The term “complexity” can be misleading, however, because what makes West’s discoveries so beautiful is that he has found an underlying simplicity that unites the seemingly complex and diverse phenomena of living systems, includ

Recommended by Vinod Khosla and Azeem Azhar.

Vinod Khosla

Co-Founder/Sun Microsystem

The physics behind biology, cities, economics and companies. Do they grow, scale and die by the same math equations? New insights that are enlightening and delightful. [source]

71

Business Planning: Closely Held Enterprises (American Casebook Series)

Dwight Drake

4.0

72

The Secrets to Writing A Successful Business Plan: A Pro Shares A Step-By-Step Guide To Creating A Plan That Gets Results

Hal Shelton

4.0

73

ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income

Darren Rowse

4.0

An update of one of the bestselling blogging books, written by two of the world's most successful bloggersThere's a reason why the first two editions of this book have sold thousands of copies worldwide. Written by two of the world's most successful bloggers, it's one of the clearest books out there on how to earn an income from your blog. This new edition gets you up to date on the very latest ch

74

Your First Business Plan: A Simple Question and Answer Workbook Designed to Help You Write a Plan That Will Avoid Common Pitfalls, Secure Financial Backing, and Create a Blueprint for Your Business

Brian Hazelgren, Joseph Covello

4.0

The first business plan is often the most difficult to write. A company may have little or no history, and often may not know lender requirements, what to stress and what to avoid. Your First Business Plan simplifies the process by outlining the different parts of a business plan and, in an uncomplicated question-and-answer style, helps the business owner create a winning plan for their business.

T

75

42 Rules for Outsourcing Your Call Center: Best Practices for Outsourcing Call Center Planning, Operations and Management

Geoffrey A. Best

4.0

"'42 Rules for Outsourcing Your Call Center (2nd Edition)'" is a compilation of real-life problems, lessons learned, pitfalls found, and practical approaches for planning, implementing, and outsourcing call center operations. It provides a path for companies outsourcing their first call center with a logical sequence of steps for moving an existing operation to an outsourced organization. The book

76

Income for Life: The Retiree's Guide to Creating Income From Savings

Joseph DiSalvo and Marie L. Madarasz

4.0

The most important thing you can do as a retiree, or if you are thinking about retirement, is to develop a well-educated retirement and income plan. Even with the risks of market volatility, longevity, taxes, and unforeseen costs, a correct understanding of how to develop an investment and income strategy can help you face your future with confidence.

Income for Life is your guide to converting you

77

The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life

Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff

4.0

Game theory means rigorous strategic thinking. It's the art of anticipating your opponent's next moves, knowing full well that your rival is trying to do the same thing to you. Though parts of game theory involve simple common sense, much is counterintuitive, and it can only be mastered by developing a new way of seeing the world. Using a diverse array of rich case studies—from pop culture, TV, mo

Recommended by Kimberly Gloria Choi.

Kimberly Gloria Choi

I am curious of how strategy can apply on all kinds of industries. By reading this book, I want to find out things I might not have known before, or maybe I have been played by this strategy mind game (As a customer, consumer). And I want to see if this book could drastically change my logical thinking in my daily life. [source]

78

Small Brewery Finance: Accounting Principles and Planning for the Craft Brewer

Maria Pearman

4.0

Your brewery is much more than just a small business--it's the fulfillment of your dream to share a love for quality craft beer and beverages. Build success from start-up to expansion with a solid foundation of finance principles geared specifically toward small beverage producers. Learn how to build and interpret financial reports and create basic pro-forma financial statements for launching a br

79

Supervision in Early Childhood Education

Joseph J. Caruso, M. Temple Fawcett, Leslie R. Williams

4.0

Every early care and education program deserves a qualified and competent supervisor. This pioneering text continues to address the special needs of administrators and staff to help them expand and improve their supervisory skills. The first to provide guidelines and practical suggestions for staff training and development in early childhood settings, this classic volume is still the best choice f

80

Dictionary of e-Business: A Definitive Guide to Technology and Business Terms

Francis Botto

4.0

The Dictionary of e-business:
• Now includes extended coverage of wireless and mobile terms
• Is authored by an expert in the field
• Presents more than 350 new entries on Java, XML, Customer Relationship Management, mCommerce and more technical language of eBusiness (e.g. security)
• Demontrates clear applications to both technical and business markets
• Covers all the latest developments in thi

81

Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World

Marco Iansiti

4.0

In industry after industry, data, analytics, and AI-driven processes are transforming the nature of work. While we often still treat AI as the domain of a specific skill, business function, or sector, we have entered a new era in which AI is challenging the very concept of the firm. AI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and deliv

82

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership

Harvard Business Review

4.0

Go from being a good manager to an extraordinary leader.
If you read nothing else on leadership, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles on leadership and selected the most important ones to help you maximize your own and your organization's performance.

HBR's 10 Must Reads On Leadership will inspire you to:
Motivate others to excel
Build your team

83

Small Business Financial Management Kit For Dummies

Tage C. Tracy, John A. Tracy

4.0

If you're a small business owner, managing the financial affairs of your business can seem like a daunting task--and it's one that far too many people muddle through rather than seek help. Now, there's a tool-packed guide designed to help you manage your finances and run your business successfully "Small Business Financial Management Kit" "For Dummies" explains step by step how to handle all your

84

Families, Schools and Communities: Together for Young Children

Donna Couchenour, Kent Chrisman

4.0

FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES: TOGETHER FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, 5th Edition, emphasizes the role of families and communities in children's education, and is geared to meeting national standards in teacher preparation programs. Content reflects current research and best practices in education. Divided into two sections, this book helps you understand contemporary families and provides you with the

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Project Management for Dummies (UK Edition)

Nick Graham

4.0

More than two thirds of American companies use teams to execute their most important projects, making project management a highly valuable skill for advancing your career. Project Management For Dummies, Second Edition introduces you to the principles of successful project management and shows you how to motivate any team to gain maximum productivity. You’ll find out how to: Define your project an

86

On Emotional Intelligence (HBR's 10 Must Reads)

Harvard Business Review, Daniel Goleman, et al.

4.0

In his defining work on emotional intelligence, bestselling author Daniel Goleman found that it is twice as important as other competencies in determining outstanding leadership.

If you read nothing else on emotional intelligence, read these 10 articles by experts in the field. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to h

87

The Standout Business Plan: Make It Irresistible--and Get the Funds You Need for Your Startup or Growing Business

Vaughan Evans and Brian Tracy

4.0

Too many business plans focus on the details most important to the managers or business owners writing them. . . and fail to address the questions most crucial to potential backers. This immensely practical and eminently readable book shows readers how to create a business plan that speaks directly to investors and lenders and makes it easy for them to say yes. Featuring case studies and examples

88

The Best Laid Business Plans: How to Write Them, How to Pitch Them

Paul Barrow, Sir Richard Branson

4.0

Different scenarios demand different plans, and this book helps you tailor your preparations to suit the challenges presented by a particular move or development and ensure that yours are indeed the best-laid business plans. In short, easy-to-digest sections and using useful case studies, it contains:
* practical advice on creating a successful plan
* guidance on presenting the right plan for the ri

89

A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide)

IIBA

4.0

A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide) is the only globally recognized standard of practice for business analysis. Developed through a rigorous consensus-driven standards process, the BABOK® Guide incorporates the collective wisdom and experience of experts in the field from around the world. Previous editions have guided hundreds of thousands of professionals in their

90

Fundamentals of Business Marketing Research

Richard E Plank, David A Reid, J David Lichtenthal

4.0

Get a thorough review of vital research issues!

Fundamentals of Business Marketing Research examines recent industrial/business research, evaluates its current effectiveness, and offers suggestions for future use. This unique book includes and is based on "Business Marketing: A Twenty Year Review," a thorough study of industrial/business research from 1978-1997 with critical commentary from a disti

91

Product Innovation Toolbox: A Field Guide to Consumer Understanding and Research

Jacqueline H. Beckley, Dulce Paredes, Kannapon Lopetcharat

4.0

Product Innovation Toolbox: A Field Guide to Consumer Understanding and Research brings together key thought-leaders and seasoned consumer researchers from corporate R&D, academia and marketing research companies to share their experiences, cutting edge consumer research tools and practical tips for successful and sustainable product innovation. This is an essential resource for product developers

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92

Doing Agile Right: Transformation Without Chaos

Darrell K. Rigby

4.0

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Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company

Owen Linzmayer, Owen W. Linzmayer

4.0

Apple Confidential examines the tumultuous history of America's best-known Silicon Valley start-up--from its legendary founding almost 30 years ago, through a series of disastrous executive decisions, to its return to profitability, and including Apple's recent move into the music business. Linzmayer digs into forgotten archives and interviews the key players to give readers the real story of Appl

94

Your Idea, Inc.: 12 Steps to Building a Million Dollar Business - Starting Today!

Sandy Abrams

4.0

Burt's Bees . . . Crocs . . . MySpace . . .

Every time a new story about how some nobody from nowhere got rich producing some clever new product in his garage, you may think, “Why can’t I do that?” Well, anyone can—the trick is to take those good ideas and build them into great products that can succeed in the marketplace. In this book, you will get the 12-step plan you need to make your new produc

95

Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets

Al Ramadan, Dave Peterson, Christopher Lochhead, Kevin Maney

4.0

Preview Summary

The founders of a respected Silicon Valley advisory firm study legendary category-creating companies and reveal a groundbreaking discipline called category design.

Winning today isn’t about beating the competition at the old game. It’s about inventing a whole new game—defining a new market category, developing it, and dominating it over time. You can’t build a legendary company without building a l

Recommended by Christopher Lochhead, Glen Allsopp, and Mikhail Dubov.

Christopher Lochhead

Question: What five books would you recommend to young people interested in your career path & why? Answer: I know this is sounds self-serving but I’d recommended both of my books, the soon to be released, “Niche Down: How to Become Legendary by Being Different” and Harper Collins’ “instant classic,” “Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets” In addition: The Effective Executive, by Peter Drucker The E-Myth, by Michael Gerber Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott Back from the Dead, by Bill Walton The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing, by Al Ries and Jack Trout [source]

Glen Allsopp

As we're ending 2019, a shoutout to the best book I read this year: Play Bigger by @lochhead, @kmaney and co. Bought the Kindle version after the audiobook it's that good. Speaking of audio, cool to get a mention on the @authorityhacker podcast today: https://t.co/hg99T1OKxh https://t.co/BTE6fj2hWT [source]

Mikhail Dubov

A few books had affected how I run the company … Play Bigger. [source]

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How to Prepare a Business Plan

Edward Blackwell

4.0

• Fully revised and updated • Practical guidance given on all aspects of business plans • Includes case studies and examples "Ideal for entrepreneurs and decision-makers in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Highly recommended." -- George Cox, Director General, Institute of Directors "Still the best book available on the subject." -- The Bookseller's Review of Business Books A business plan prov

97

Guide To Managing Growth: Strategies For Turning Success Into Bigger Success

Rupert Merson

4.0

The how-to guide to tackling business growth problems head onEffectively responding to the demands of a growing company, regardless of size, is one of the great challenges facing businesses in this increasingly competitive climate. Successful growth requires careful attention to the robustness of organizational structure and systems as well as reconciling the different speeds at which different di

98

Bid Writing for Project Managers

David Cleden

4.0

At what stage in the process do commercial projects go wrong? Some of the worst problems (unrealistic objectives, faulty assumptions, and poorly understood constraints) are 'programmed in' at conception when the bid is written, long before the project manager is brought on board. If the bid is misconceived, no amount of clever project management is going to recover the situation. Involving the des

99

Writing a Convincing Business Plan

Arthur DeThomas Ph.D., Stephanie Derammelaere MBA

4.0

A sound and convincing business plan is an entrepreneur’s important first step in starting up a profitable business. It’s also a prerequisite for getting financing and attracting investors. A sound business plan describes the business operations and goals, analyzes and forecasts markets and sales, sets up operating and marketing plans and schedules, and estimates operating expenses. This book show

100

Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence

Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb

4.0

"What does AI mean for your business? Read this book to find out." -- Hal Varian, Chief Economist, Google

Artificial intelligence does the seemingly impossible, magically bringing machines to life--driving cars, trading stocks, and teaching children. But facing the sea change that AI will bring can be paralyzing. How should companies set strategies, governments design policies, and people plan thei

Recommended by Lawrence Summers, Dominic Barton, Kevin Kelly, and 1 others.

Lawrence Summers

Chief Economist/World Bank

AI may transform your life. And Prediction Machines will transform your understanding of AI. This is the best book yet on what may be the best technology that has come along. [source]

Dominic Barton

CEO/McKinsey

Prediction Machines achieves a feat as welcome as it is unique: a crisp, readable survey of where artificial intelligence is taking us separates hype from reality, while delivering a steady stream of fresh insights. It speaks in a language that top executives and policy makers will understand. Every leader needs to read this book. [source]

Kevin Kelly

This book makes artificial intelligence easier to understand by recasting it as a new, cheap commodity--predictions. It's a brilliant move. I found the book incredibly useful. [source]