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Books
I have tons of business books on my reading list and it's starting to get expensive. To save money, I've put some books on hold at the library and I thought I would try the audiobook route. Audible.com is now an Amazon company and it's $7.49/month for 3 months for 1 free audio book a month, there are other plans where you can get more than 1 book a month but I thought if I can get through 1 business book a month I will be ahead of the curve. To do: learn to speed read and speed write would be awesome too!
Here's a list of the books which have been recommended by the Kaufmann Foundation Fasttrac advisors. Since the same books kept cropping up over and over, I thought I would share these with you, if you've read any of these, let me know your thoughts. I started Rework and Cutting the Chaos, will update you guys with my thoughts on those when I finish.
Blogs to follow
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Books
I have tons of business books on my reading list and it's starting to get expensive. To save money, I've put some books on hold at the library and I thought I would try the audiobook route. Audible.com is now an Amazon company and it's $7.49/month for 3 months for 1 free audio book a month, there are other plans where you can get more than 1 book a month but I thought if I can get through 1 business book a month I will be ahead of the curve. To do: learn to speed read and speed write would be awesome too!
Here's a list of the books which have been recommended by the Kaufmann Foundation Fasttrac advisors. Since the same books kept cropping up over and over, I thought I would share these with you, if you've read any of these, let me know your thoughts. I started Rework and Cutting the Chaos, will update you guys with my thoughts on those when I finish.
- E-Myth by Michael Gerber - myths surrounding starting your own business and shows how commonplace assumptions can get in the way of running a business.
- Awakening the Entrepreneur Within by Michael Gerber - shape your dream into a viable, economically successful company
- E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber
- Cutting the Chaos: How to Grow a Successful Small Business by Clate Mask and Scott Martineau (co-founders of Infusionsoft - they want to be the Quickbooks of Sales & Marketing software, it's a local AZ company which has email automation and CRM software targeted at small businesses)
- Built to Last by Jim Collins - create a company culture or core values
- Good to Great by Jim Collins
- Social Media Bible by Lon Safko
- Rework by Jason Fried (Signal v. Noise blog in book form)
Blogs to follow
- Signal v. Noise - design & usability blog
- Seth Godin's Blog
- Chris Brogan's Blog - author of Social Media 101 and Trust Agents
- thestartupdigest.com - compilation of startup events and news delivered every Monday to your mailbox
- Jason L Baptiste's Blog - has posts like "What to Look for in a Co-founder", "If You Build It, They Won't Come", "They Will Steal Your Idea. They Cannot Steal What Really Matters."
Where can I take Kauffman's Entrepreneurial Fastrac program on the Peninsula? Please contact me with your advice, thanks! maura_mcnulty@yahoo.com
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