The 99 Best Business Books
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- Turning Numbers Into Knowledge by Jonathan Koomey
- Marketing Metrics by Paul W. Farris et al
- Web Analytics: An Hour a Day by Avinash Kaushik
- The Economist Numbers Guide by Richard Stuteley
- How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff
- Principles of Statistics by M.G. Bulmer
- The Unwritten Laws of Business by W.J. King
- The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker
- The Simplicity Survival Handbook by Bill Jensen
- Purpose: The Starting Point of Great Companies by Nikos Mourkogiannis
- Competitive Strategy by Michael Porter
- Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne
- Green to Gold by Daniel Esty & Andrew Winston
- Seeing What’s Next by Clayton M. Christensen, Erik A. Roth, Scott D. Anthony
- Getting Started in Consulting by Alan Weiss
- Secrets of Consulting by Gerald M. Weinberg
- Your Money or Your Life by Joel Dominguez & Vicki Robin
- I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
- The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley & William Danko
- Fail-Safe Investing by Harry Browne
- It’s Not About The Money by Brent Kessel
- Work Less, Live More by Bob Clyatt
- Self-Directed Behavior by David L. Watson & Roland G. Tharp
- Personal Development for Smart People by Steve Pavlina
- Re-Create Your Life by Morty Lefkoe
- Lead the Field by Earl Nightingale
- The Art of Exceptional Living by Jim Rohn
That's funny I saw this exact list just the other day and made an Amazon order. I picked up...
The 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene
Getting Things Done - David Allen
Bankable Biz Plans - Edward Rogoff
Web Analytics 2.0 - Avinash Kaushik
Ultimate Sales Letter - Dan Kennedy
The 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene
Getting Things Done - David Allen
Bankable Biz Plans - Edward Rogoff
Web Analytics 2.0 - Avinash Kaushik
Ultimate Sales Letter - Dan Kennedy
I just ordered 4 of those 5 last weekend.....
Great minds think alike.
I dont know what it is about me, but I love reading an actual book, flipping the pages far more than a kindle, ipad, laptop etc. I guess because reading is my time to get away from technology, even if its just for a few minutes.
That's a great list.
I'd add in the E Myth Revisited by Gerber. It was my first introduction to the idea that to truly run a business rather than "own a job" you need to set up your biz as a bunch of systems. I think it's one of the recommended readings in the 4 Hour Work Week if I remember correctly.
I'd add in the E Myth Revisited by Gerber. It was my first introduction to the idea that to truly run a business rather than "own a job" you need to set up your biz as a bunch of systems. I think it's one of the recommended readings in the 4 Hour Work Week if I remember correctly.
Bah.
I'm an avid reader, but if you need 99 business books in your bookshelf to compete with me, I will crush you.
I used to read 4 books before I started any project. I was a pussy and fearful of failure. Now I just launch and learn, and if/when shit gets crazy bad, I find help. Not the other way around.
That said, my next business book is Influence. Been reading lots of fitness/health stuff lately
Edit: And fuck the Millionaire Next Door. That's a pussy book not for people in our industry. I don't advocate being irresponsible, but that's not a book for people who LIVE life.
I'm an avid reader, but if you need 99 business books in your bookshelf to compete with me, I will crush you.
I used to read 4 books before I started any project. I was a pussy and fearful of failure. Now I just launch and learn, and if/when shit gets crazy bad, I find help. Not the other way around.
That said, my next business book is Influence. Been reading lots of fitness/health stuff lately
Edit: And fuck the Millionaire Next Door. That's a pussy book not for people in our industry. I don't advocate being irresponsible, but that's not a book for people who LIVE life.
No Cashvertising? No Negotiating With Giants? Nothing by Ogilvy, Hopkins or Caples?
That's like putting together a list of the best baseball players ever and leaving off Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Hank Aaron. I'm calling list fail on this one. I see a few decent secondary books, but if you ain't up on the real shit, these won't help you.
That's like putting together a list of the best baseball players ever and leaving off Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Hank Aaron. I'm calling list fail on this one. I see a few decent secondary books, but if you ain't up on the real shit, these won't help you.
Just read Deep Survival the past week, that book is badass.
IMO How to Win Friends and Influence People is the best book on that list, I read that every year. Veeeeeeeery good lessons in there about salesmanship and life in general.
IMO How to Win Friends and Influence People is the best book on that list, I read that every year. Veeeeeeeery good lessons in there about salesmanship and life in general.
Agreed.
Some books actually worth reading...
1. The Boron Letters - Gary Halbert
2. Max Money - Gary Halbert
3. Tested Advertising Methods - John Caples
4. The Robert Collier Letter Book - Robert Collier
5. How To Write A Good Advertisement - Vic Schwab
6. The Lazy Man's Way To Riches - Joe Karbo
7. Breakthrough Advertising - Eugene Schwartz
8. Scientific Advertising - Claude Hopkins
and last but not least anything by Jay Abraham and Ben Suarez.
If these don't help you explode your biz or get those creative juices flowing then you're hopeless.
99 Best Business Books:
1-99. Ca$hvertising
But in all seriousness, that list is all sorts of retarded.
1-99. Ca$hvertising
But in all seriousness, that list is all sorts of retarded.
Those are all great books on advertising.
But I think .hack's list of books can apply to advertising but also encompasses other areas of business as well. Good stuff IMO.
+rep .hack