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249 pages
ISBN 9781422126691 Published Sept. 2009
Harvard Business School Press
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Inc. Magazine's Best Books for Business Owners
Posted Dec. 14, 2009 7:35 a.m. by dylan
In - 800 CEO Read Blog

Jack was asked—along with author and editor-at-large Bo Burlingham, Inc.'s Leigh Buchanan, columnist Joel Spolsky, and Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh—to recommend books for Inc. Magazine's list of The Best Books for Business Owners of 2009. Together, they a have put together a really stellar list of books. The are:

• Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model by John Mullins and Randy Komisar, Harvard Business Press

• Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust by Chris Brogan & Julien Smith, John Wiley & Sons

• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown and Company

• Early Exits: Exit Strategies for Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors (But Maybe Not Venture Capitalists) by Basil Peters, self published

• Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game by Paul Midler, John Wiley & Sons

• Exploiting Chaos: 150 Ways to Spark Innovation During Times of Change by Jeremy Gutsche, Gotham Books

• How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In by Jim Collins, HarperCollins

• Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work by Matthew Crawford, Penguin Press

• Clever: Leading Your Smartest, Most Creative People by Rob Goffee & Gareth Jones, Harvard Business Press

• Crush It!: Why Now Is the Time to Cash in on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk, HarperStudio

• Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation by Tim Brown, HarperBusiness

• Borrowing Brilliance: The Six Steps to Business Innovation by Building on the Ideas of Others by David Kord Murray, Gotham Books

• The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, the Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals by Frank Partnoy, PublicAffairs

• I Love You More Than My Dog: Five Decisions That Drive Extreme Customer Loyalty in Good Times and Bad by Jeanne Bliss, Portfolio

Head on over to the Inc.'s slide-show to read more about these great books.

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