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What's the best business book you have ever read? [closed]
I need inspirational and pragmatic business books.
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What books do you recommend?
I just started reading The Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Law and it is very good. Are there any other books you would recommend?
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No 1 “must read” for startup founder. Could you point just one?
If you could recommend just ONE, most important book, blog post or any other reading for startup founder - what would it be?
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What is the single ONE book should every startup owner read about accounting?
What is the single most useful accounting book for the bootstrapped entrepreneur? It is my single largest flaw in my business education, I imagine a lot of people are in the same boat.
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What are the best free resources for a startup?
Question's focus is: free + resource = value
So, far there have been a lot of answers related to software, have any other suggestions?
Examples: Books, Trial Services, etc.
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What is the single most influential book every entrepreneur should read? [closed]
What is the most important business book to you?
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Motivational Books
Being an entrepreneur is a difficult task. What books helped you get motivated and keep going?
For me it was:
Founders At Work
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How did you learn to sell?
I realize that selling is vital to mine (or any startup). But right now with little experience and tech background, let's just say I'm not proficient in sales.
So what books, blogs, advice, etc. have ...
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How can fewer features be better?
Just today I started to get interested in this field and I've started with Getting Real. I kept seeing answers here that recommend it and it also seems trustworthy.
However, one thing I don't get is ...
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What single book/text changed your life and why?
What book/text changed your life or most influenced you and why? One book by answer please!
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Do you have recommendations for books on unsuccessful startups? [closed]
There are thousands of books out there that tell us about all kinds of successful and inspiring companies, and why they are successful.
But what about promising companies that failed in the first ...
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What are the best books to learn project management for a start up? [closed]
I was wondering which books are the best to learn good project management techniques to successfully run a startup.
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Books / Advice on running an outsource software development shop?
So there's tons of documentation and books on project management, agile development, how to manage outsourcing projects, how to send our project offshore, etc...
But I'm on the other side, I'm ...
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How helpful are 37Signals' books?
I've heard much about the books of 37Signals: Getting Real and REWORK. Just how helpful are they? Are they really worth reading?
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Books to read before starting a business?
I'm starting an online store with a partner. Because there will be lot of students and other people working directly under me, I'm starting to feel a bit overwhelmed. I have no practical or ...
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What is a good crash course in marketing for small businesses or startups?
The glib answer is "start a business." Seriously, all entrepreneurs need to know some marketing, whether they call it that or not. Market research, communications, advertising, and so on.
Do you have ...
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What is the best book on marketing you have ever read?
What is the best book on marketing you have ever read?
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What are the must-have books on brand development?
There are books for every topic which most in the field consider definitive or must-haves. For instance, for usability and application design, Designing the Obvious, Don't Meke Me Think, and The ...
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Good Books to Read Before Doing a Web Based Startup [closed]
Here's a short list I compiled from some folks I've talked to.
The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki
Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston
The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank
Getting ...
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Are books, videos, and blogs targeting startups really useful or are they just a distraction?
These days internet startups have gained a lot of popularity among young people and developers of all ages. Because of this same reason, many people have also started to benefit from this popularity ...
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Any great book on how to talk to people, especially to a person who seems not to get along with you [closed]
I want to read some great books on how to talk to people, how to handle people's unfriendly comment non-defensively, how to turn a potential quarrel to a friendly and pleasant talk. I know there is a ...
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Any good books about Market Size Analysis?
Do any of you have any recomendations of books, blogs, websites, textbooks, etc. that detail the process of sizing a market/sector of the US Economy?
Online market size analysis' are available online ...
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How E-Myth is relevant for a software company?
I am in planning stage of my first startup and to get better equipped with knowledge/tools for that, I am reading number of books that are recommended as must-read for entrepreneurs. One such book is ...
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A day in the life of a CEO
Does anyone know of a book that details the typical day to day routine of a CEO of a company?
We all know the high level duties that a CEO must perform, but then I have yet to find good information ...
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How do entrepreneurs make sure they read only books which matters every month?
How do entrepreneurs make sure they read only few important books which matters every month and disregard the others due to information overload ?
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Can you recommend one (or two) book(s) that will explain the process of creating a startup with three cofounders?
I'm not sure quite how to explain this because I'm so new to it all. I've searched this site, as well as google, for books or online resources on how to start a startup and I'm still struggling to ...
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Good books on sales for non-sales people? [closed]
I'm looking for a good intro book on Sales done the right way.
Focusing on the customer's needs and problems.
Low-pressure selling.
Being willing to disqualify a customer.
Basically, my sales ...
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How do you get the names of MBA textbooks being used in Wharton, Columbia or Harvard?
Ivy league colleges do provide their specific curriculum, but they don't give out the textbooks names, how do you get them ?
So far I have been able to find wharton 2005-06 books list on amazon ...
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What was the last book you read? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What books do you recommend?
Being an entrepreneur, we may need to learn from books. What was the last book you read? To me, it was "Founders at work".
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What is a good, widely used business 101 textbook?
What is a good Business 101 textbook that I, a technical founder, can use to give myself a crash course in business. I'm not looking for "Business for Dummies" or "Start Your Business in 24 Days" ...
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What's a good book for learning business law? [closed]
Most books on business rarely talk about the legal side of business. After reading some business books I have realised that there's so many things about legal side of business that we have to ...
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What books would you recommend to budding entrepreners?
I really liked E-myth, do you recommend any other book?
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What are good books on management and organization to excel as a startup COO?
Preferably specifically targeted for startups in Tech/IT.
I seem to find a lot about large corporations, but very little good literature about scaling from a small/midsize into a large corporation, ...
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What's the best book you read about how to chat with a stranger? [closed]
It seems that I need to be good at if I want to be successful at business.
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Books necessary for a completely newbie
I am a recent graduate and soon I am starting my own company in the IT/Tech. Because always all of my studies were mostly technical(computer programming,coding,...) and do not have that much work ...
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What is the best startup hiring book?
I am starting to hire people int our startup. We actually need to hire very quickly and effectively at the same time as we don't have a lot of chance to make mistakes.
What is the best book anyone ...
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Is there a book like crossing the chasm but for B2C web startups
I know of crossing the chasm, i haven't read it but from what im aware its not focused on web startups of the B2C type.
So is there a book that is?
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Should publishers and/or Amazon/Barnes&Noble subsidize e-books?
I just got my kindle and already bought several books. I hear from most people who bought it that they do in fact buy a lot of books once they get it. It's a simple as buying music in the iTunes ...
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What do you think of the book “The secret” by Rhonda Byrne? [closed]
Is it really helpful in reality? Why is it helpful? How is it helpful?
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Selling ebooks when the same information is available for free
I see some people making money from selling ebooks and they doing pretty good. When I look at the titles, I know I can easily get the same information by doing some research & reading using Google ...
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Creating software based on a book is copyright infringement?
I'm creating a software that's based on the teachings of a book. I want to name it after the book. Will there be a copyright infringement problem although they are in two different categories?
If ...
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What books for writing a Business Plan?
I am writing a Business Plan and I am currently using website resources for help; but I believe that a good book can help me more.
So what (good) books do you advice me for helping me writing my ...
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How to use a new book for start-up marketing
I am seeking best practices on the use of a book as part of launching a consulting practice.
One option in the business plan that has been identified is the writing of a small book -- about 30K ...
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Need some perspective on new retail model [closed]
We are trying something new in the retail space here in India and need your frank opinion on what might be needed.
The business is called fivex5 and what we are doing is encouraging normal folks to ...
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Selfpublishing Coffe Table Books?
I saw a mention of Lulu for selfpublishing.
Looks good but the don't seem to do A3 or Tabloid size books (coffetable book sizes)
Anyone knows of any service that do bigger sizes than A4
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Business and marketing books for a video game developer
I've been running a pretty large mod team for about 2 years.
We all decided that we wish to establish a game development company, and start working on a title for PC. I have begun forging ...
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Intenet Marketing Book for SAAS based product
Many thanks to onstartup community for recommending good books on internet marketing but I was wondering if anybody recommend a book for internet marketing for a SAAS product targeting medium siZed ...
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What biography is both inspiring and relevant to a modern technology startup?
Who have you enjoyed reading about most? Which biography has provided the most insight and perspective into a brilliant founder's mind?
I have really enjoyed Founders at Work, by the way - even ...
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How to read Seth Godin's books?
I am reading his blogs for past 4-6 months and I very much like his writing.
Now I have decided to start reading his books. But it looks like, he had written quite a good number of books. So I am ...
