Business & Money

A Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace - Feminist Fight Club
A Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace - Feminist Fight Club

Review:This book will change your life. It sure changed mine. As a millennial feminist, the messages in Jessica's book resonated with and empowered me. What's more, her humor, whit, and charm all contribute to making what should be a necessary read for all women a deeply satisfying and entertaining one as well. I can guarantee you this book will make you a smarter and more thoughtful person -- and, if you're a woman working under the patriarchy, a more successful, kick-ass, take-no-prisoners, invaluabl... Read more

Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy
Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy

Review:Back to Work by Bill Clinton
I highly recommend that everyone, who intends to vote in November 2012, read this timely book. If you are a democrat, Clinton has pulled together the best arguments for a proactive government. He is giving you the tools for persuading undecided voters. If you are a republican, you will be a better informed citizen if you listen to both sides of the debate. If you are an independent, you really do hold the future of our country in your hands. It is especially vital... Read more

Kicking Cancer's Ass - Every Day I Fight - Making a Difference
Kicking Cancer's Ass - Every Day I Fight - Making a Difference

Review:Such a wonderful, truthful journey told with such grace and humility. Stuart's life in sports and battling cancer is a shining example of faith, family, and friends. In the end, all that matters is the moments spent living. Read more

Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day
Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day

Review:Todd Henry's first book was Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice, which examined the creative process and provides strategies to maximize your creativity while maintaining healthy work habits.

In Die Empty, Todd helps individuals and companies stop deferring their most important work. The book provides a process and principles for tapping into your passion -- at first, that may sound like several other books on the market, but this incorporates Todd's uber-valuabl... Read more

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

Review:Knowing nothing about leveraged buy outs, I found this book to be very educational. It is extremely well written and rivals the best fiction books for suspense and intrigue. It's a non stop page turner that clearly shows the effects of greed and ego can reek havoc on companies and their employees as well as the country's economy. Read more

How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day
How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day

Review:Rest on Sunday but do something useful and fulfilling the remainder of your week. Every minute. I love the section on learning more about what interests you instead of just enjoying it in ignorance. Entertaining and fast read. Read more

Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months
Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months

Review:The connection between your long range vision with your everyday work is not very clear to many people. In this book, in a very clear and convincing way, Brian Moran, develops a very practical system to build this connection in an useful way.
After reading the book, everyone in my small consulting company start to use the 12 Week Plan. It was not difficult at all. After that, we are teaching our costumers to use it. There is a very good acceptance to the idea.
In my opinion, this book clos... Read more

and Inbound Selling to go from $0 to $100 Million
and Inbound Selling to go from $0 to $100 Million

Review:Mark eloquently frames the discussion around redefining the sales rep profile to include intelligence as a critical success factor. He also provides a structural playbook for anyone thinking about scaling a sales org from $0 to $100M+. Lots of great takeaways. Read more

Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship)

Review:The Founder's Dilemmas by Noam Wasserman is another book that belongs on every entrepreneur's bookshelf. It's excellent.

I met Noam for the first time last week when I was at HBS. I was on a panel of VCs (me, Mike Maples Jr., Kate Mitchell, and David Frankel) talking to a room full of HBS alumni who are VCs. Noam and I had exchanged several emails over the past few months and he sent me a review copy of the book but it got lost in my infinite pile of books to read. After seeing him and ta... Read more

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