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1264 pages
ISBN 9780553585971 Published March 2003
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Wealth of Nations
By Adam Smith, Alan B Krueger 

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Posted April 27, 2010 8:35 a.m. by dylan
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If you know who Jeff Hayzlett is, it is probably from his appearances on television or his Twitter footprint. But the chief marketing officer of Kodak is now venturing into the wonderful world of analog with his new book, The Mirror Test: Is Your Business Really Breathing?, being released by Business Plus in May. And he has done something in that book that I wish more authors would do. He has included an appendix in which he lists his "Business Library 'Must' List." It gives you an idea of what has influenced him most over the years (and, just maybe, an idea of what to expect from his book). It includes:

Not only does his book get extra points from me for including a list of his favorites, Hayzlett himself gets extra credit for using a Garrison Keillor quote to introduce the list: "A book is a gift you can open again and again."



Crowdsourced Entrepreneurial Reads
Posted Sept. 14, 2009 9:17 a.m. by todd-sattersten
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A few weeks ago, Fred Wilson from avc.com kicked up interest in books that entreprenuers should read. Fred, in particular, made the point that "there is way more insight to be gained from stories than from business books." He suggested Kavalier and Clay, Atlas Shrugged, The Prince, and anything by Shakespeare.

At the end of his post, he asked for more suggestions. The post generated 191 comments and prompted the creation of a wiki.

I pulled all the books from the wiki over into this post and linked to the books. The [FW] tag denotes that it was endorsed by Mr. Wilson himself directly or in the comments of the original post.



Inc. Magazine's 30th Anniversary Book Recommendations
Posted April 8, 2009 10:03 a.m. by todd-sattersten
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Inc. Magazine is celebrating 30 years of publication this month and as a part of their coverage have put together "The Business Owner's Bookshelf" - 30 books people running small businesses should read.

Here is the list in its entirety:

  1. Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk, by Peter Bernstein (1996)

  2. The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything, by Guy Kawasaki (2004)

  3. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, by Marc Levinson (2006)

  4. Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust from Wedgwood to Dell, by Nancy F. Koehn (2001)

  5. The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads, and Other Workplace Afflictions, by Scott Adams (1996)

  6. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It, by Michael Gerber (1995)

  7. The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done, by Peter Drucker (1967)

  8. The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization, by Peter Senge (1990)

  9. First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently, by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman (1999)

  10. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don't, by Jim Collins (2001)

  11. The Great Game of Business: The Only Sensible Way to Run a Company, by Jack Stack (1992)

  12. Growing a Business, by Paul Hawken (1987)

  13. Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage, by Daniel Esty and Andrew Winston (2006)

  14. How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie (1936)

  15. The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail, by Clayton Christensen (1997)

  16. Intellectual Capital: The New Wealth of Organizations, by Thomas A. Stewart (1997)

  17. The Knack: How Street-Smart Entrepreneurs Learn to Handle Whatever Comes Up, by Norm Brodsky and Bo Burlingham (2008)

  18. Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman, by Yvon Chouinard (2005)

  19. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Don't, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath (2007)

  20. The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story, by Michael Lewis (1999)

  21. Nuts! Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success, by Kevin Freiberg and Jackie Freiberg (1996)

  22. Ogilvy on Advertising, by David Ogilvy (1983)

  23. On Competition, by Michael Porter (2008)

  24. Personal History, by Katharine Graham (1997)

  25. Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time, by Howard Schultz and Dori Jones Yang (1997)

  26. Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big, by Bo Burlingham (2005)

  27. Soul of a New Machine, by Tracy Kidder (1981)

  28. The Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith (1776)

  29. What Management Is: How It Works and Why It's Everyone's Business, by Joan Magretta and Nan Stone (2002)

  30. The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations, by James Surowiecki (2004)

Jack and I think it is a pretty good list. Eleven of their 30 books match with selections from The 100 Best. The editors provide some big challenges for readers recommending The Wealth of Nations, On Competition, and The Fifth Discipline. Nuts! and Let My People Go Surfing are great for business owners (also check out Raising The Bar). And their fun add of The Dilbert Principle is a great one, showing us what to do by showing us what not to do.



Financial Times Asks "What Is Best Business Book of All Time?"
Posted Sept. 28, 2007 9:53 a.m. by todd-sattersten
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In conjunction with their Business Book of The Year Award, The Financial Times is asking the question: "What is the best book of all time?" They solicited suggestions from a wide variety of business executives, including GE's Jeff Immelt and Ebay's Meg Whitman. The editorial staff then created a short list using the same criterea as their yearly awards. The finalists are:

You can cast your vote and leave comments if you think they missed the mark with their selections.



Best Business Books via U.S. News and World Report
Posted May 18, 2007 9:06 a.m. by todd-sattersten
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U.S. News and World Report has a huge special report on the Best Business Books. Their opening says:

Hundreds of business books are published each year. Chances are at least one has the answers you're looking for. But how to find it? U.S. News spoke with 14 leaders from all walks of business life—from academics to entrepreneurs to corporate execs—about the five books they consider indispensable reading for managers.

When magazines do these lists we always create a summary so people can see the picks in one quick view. The commentary that each leader gives is always interesting, so make sure you click through on the author's name if you see something that interests you.

Good To Great made four appearances on the list and Collins is one of leaders providing reading recommendations. Porter's Competitive Strategy appears twice. Otherwise, the picks are unique. I personally like Jeff Pfeffer's picks and reasons the best.

Best Business Books

Chris Anderson (editor-in-chief of Wired, author of The Long Tail)

Jack Brennan (CEO of Vanguard)

Robert Bruner (Dean of Darden School of Business, University of Virginia)

Jim Buckmaster (CEO of craigslist)

Jim Collins (author of Good to Great)

Mark Cuban (owner of the Dallas Mavericks)

Thomas Donaldson (professor at Wharton School of Business)

Carly Fiorina (former CEO of Hewlett-Packard)

Jackie Fouse (CFO of Alcon)

Robert Joss (dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business)

Jeffery Pfeffer (professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business)

John W. Rogers Jr. (chairman and CEO of Ariel Capital Management)

Hector Ruiz (chairman and CEO of AMD)

Deborah Wright (CEO of Carver Bancorp)

Note: I left a couple books off because the leaders were self-promoting themselves or others associated with them.






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