Best Business Entrepreneurship
In this inspiring book, Ash Maurya takes you through an exacting strategy for achieving a "product/market fit" for your fledgling venture, based on his own experience in building a wide array of products from high-tech to no-tech. Find a problem worth solving, then define a solution Engage your customers throughout the development cycle Continually test your product with smaller, faster iterations Build a feature, measure customer response, and verify/refute the idea Know when to "pivot" by changing your plan's course Maximize your efforts for speed, learning, and focus Learn the ideal time to raise your "big round" of funding.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"But having read many of the existing ones, I highly recommend this book of Ash's for anyone working through those very early days when you have to figure out if your 'great idea' has any chance of blooming into the viable business model that is the true product of a startup."
"El libro de Ash Maurya significa un hito en la literatura práctica de entrepreneurship."
"First, he shares the Lean-inspired principles at work in his business ventures, using the book as sort of an open bridge hand for us to watch as he plays. And that's when you know you have a good resource for helping you actually do something differently...you're engaged by the thinking on the first run through, and returning often to try out bits and pieces on the real world questions you're wrestling around with... rather than just liking the ideas but feeling overwhelmed by the effort or rigidity of applying them to your situation."
"Look for Minimum Marketing Features (what customers value - and you would write up). Use Kanban charts ( from The Toyota Way ) to organize and constrain workflow. Done = validated with learning from customers. Measure product marketing fit all the time. On Freemium (he is not a fan) : Delays learning about what price buyers will pay. Low or no conversion - give away too much. Lengthens validation cycle. Shift focus to wrong metric - signups vs retention. Low signal to noise ration - what is important feedback. Free users are not free - account for free users as a marketing expense. Mailchimp started with a paid version and after much time backed into a free one. Users should easily outgrow a free plan."
"I have read many of the other books but Ash's book takes a real hands on, systematic approach to applying Lean Start Up principles and has literally changed my career focus in Product Management. I have read many of these books as well but none has given me the tactical tools to APPLY Lean Start Up principles like this book has for me."
"It's just what I need to make sure my company runs lean for the start."
Have you ever desired, deep within your soul, to make a comfortable full-time living from a farming enterprise? After all, the farm population is dwindling. But for farm entrepreneurs, the opportunities for a farm family business have never been greater. He has written 11 books to date and lectures around the world on land healing, local food systems.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Not even close to being done with this book,but I'm loving it thus far."
"This is a great book, it has a balance of stories from Joel's life as well as real world models of how to start a small farm."
"The techniques that he describes begin with respect for the land, respect for the animals, respect for the environment, and respect for the people that produce the food."
"Salatin farms unlike most and is happy to give his successful formulas to others wishing to do likewise."
"It took me a long time to finally get around to buying it, I picked all the low hanging $10 books first, waiting for used copy of You Can Farm to pop up at a lower price on Amazon. What I got out of this book: Some back story on the author. Some awesome ideas on farming. Some great entrepreneurial advice and different business models. Ideas on bringing product to market. Even ideas for keeping things organized. When it comes down to it, Salatin is very transparent in regards to his successful operation."
"As usual, Joel Salatin did not disappoint."
"Only draw back is if you are truly a novice farmer the chapter on water is a complete mystery."
"This book covers almost everything you need to know about farming and then some."
The second edition includes: A broad introduction to bitcoin--ideal for non-technical users, investors, and business executives An explanation of the technical foundations of bitcoin and cryptographic currencies for developers, engineers, and software and systems architects Details of the bitcoin decentralized network, peer-to-peer architecture, transaction lifecycle, and security principles New developments such as Segregated Witness, Payment Channels, and Lightning Network Improved explanations of keys, addresses and wallets User stories, analogies, examples, and code snippets illustrating key technical concepts.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Deep complex book for programmers."
"Fantastic book if you want to learn what Bitcoin is and how it works."
"I would recommend this book to everyone, who wants to know how the bitcoin works in bit level."
"Excelent information to for those who want to create blockchain related projects..."
"Very good book for both technical & non technical use."
"detailed, comprehensive, and masterful."
"great book very technical."
Best Computer Reengineering
--Details and deconstructs ITSM process components, models, and deliverables. --Includes strategies for gathering and analyzing process requirements to aid in analyzing and improving processes. --Shows how to engage process stakeholders and incorporate ITSM best practices into your organization. --Contains a methodology for developing meaningful metrics for your organization and ways to convert data into usable, actionable information. --WAV offers downloadable templates, plans, and checklists such as a sample process definition document, document control sheet, high-level implementation plan, key performance indicator checklist, and communication and training plans -- available from the Web Added Value Download Resource Center at jrosspub.com. The ITSM Process Design Guide: Developing, Rengineering and Improving IT Service Management closes the knowledge gap by providing detailed guidance on assessing, designing, measuring, and integrating ITSM processes.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Excellent book which summarizes the ITSM Process and Design."
"Excellent reference for process improvement projects and initiatives in the real world."
"I got this book to expand my process knowledge and yep it has."
Best Online Trading E-commerce
In the book, I describe the fundamentals of day trading, explain how day trading is different from other styles of trading and investment, and elaborate on important trading strategies that many traders use every day. ABCD Pattern Trading Bull Flag Momentum Trading Top Reversal Trading Bottom Reversal Trading Moving Average Trend Trading VWAP Trading Support and Resistance Trading. For each strategy, I explain: How to find the Stock in Play for trade What indicators I am using on my charts When I enter the trade When I exit the trade (profit taking) What is my stop loss. To be successful at day trading you need the right tools and you need to be motivated, to work hard, and to persevere. At the beginning of my trading career, a pharmaceutical company announced some positive results for one of its drugs and its stock jumped from $1 to over $55 in just two days. As such, I wake up early, go for a run, take a shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, and fire up my trading station before the markets open in New York. I am motivated when I sit down and start working on the list of stocks I will watch that day. This morning routine has tremendously helped my mental preparation for coming into the market. Whatever your routine is, starting the morning in a similar fashion will pay invaluable dividends. Sitting at your computer in your pajamas or underwear does not put you in the right mindset to attack the market. In this book, I use simple and easy to understand words to explain the strategies and concepts you need to know to launch yourself into day trading on the stock market. This book is definitely NOT a difficult, technical, hard to understand, complicated and complex guide to the stock market. I know you will learn much about day trading and the stock market from studying my book.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Scanning for stocks in play and trading unknown stocks is an approach I have resisted for my entire career but I think I have to go there now. There is also good information on other topics for real beginners such as the importance of risk management, emotional control which are important."
"In other words -- the information seemed useful, but I wasn't sure OF the author's genuine intentions (to write a great book, versus suck people in for long-term profits). Aziz offers his readers a few recommendations relative to "tools of the trade," and given this was my first experience with this sort of text -- I was caught off guard by some of what felt like self-promotion from within... Yup, as "good" as CANSLIM has (apparently) proven itself over the years, IBD not only sucked me in -- but they continue to annoy the heck out of me -- AS A PAID SUBSCRIBER -- by constantly inundating me with ads... Her "tools," by the way, are actually pretty useful... My point though, is this: Though these authors (obviously) have something to gain by increasing their follower-ship, they are also simultaneously recommending invaluable resources for ANY "trader" genuinely interested in succeeding in this business. Believe it, or not, the guy (Aziz) would be doing his readers a disservice if he didn't recommend (and/or offer) tools for success... My experiences so far: Chat Room: When I first stumbled into his chatroom, I was caught off guard. I think I was expecting some sort of forum-based venue, where newbie's like me could browse topics of interest, ask redundant questions, and receive "platinum" membership status for posting 1 billion times... And when he (Aziz) loses money on the day, it speaks volumes toward: 1) Everybody is capable of failing, and even a professional trader has risk/reward factors to consider, and 2) he's not pretending to have a "secret sauce" that will guarantee billions of dollars overnight! To be honest, I never imagined I'd put forth any sort of tangible effort into a simulator (it was "beneath me"), but now that I have the experience -- I'm soooooooo glad that I humbled myself, and took his advice! I would also argue that Aziz cuts a lot of unnecessary fluff, and focuses on providing advice that actually works; rather than just including pages of theory in an attempt to convince us of his acumen. I'm now thankful that Aziz made it a point to help guys like me consider the "big picture" ---- while holding our hand(s) along the journey ---- before my accounts were wiped away like an open bag of leaves on a gusty day!"
"This book will cover the most important concepts and basic strategies and not be overly technical."
"When I started reading this book I had little to no real understanding about day trading."
"Probably the best, most concise book I've read on day trading."
"I've bought various books on the topic of day trading, but most of them are overly complicated and misinformed."
"The terminologies are simple and the concepts are written for easy understanding with many real life trading examples."
"He is realistic: never promising a career of trading for a few hours a week while lounging in a beach hammock and reminding the user that anything short of months of simulator work will prohibit success."
Best Money & Monetary Policy
Where does money come from? The money magicians' secrets are unveiled. We get a close look at their mirrors and smoke machines, their pulleys, cogs, and wheels that create the grand illusion called money. The title refers to the formation of the Federal Reserve System, which occurred at a secret meeting at Jekyll Island, Georgia in 1910. Griffin gives numerous examples of this, such as repeated failures by American colonies and European states in using fiat money. It tells the real story of how bankers have lured politicians with easy money and ended up in control of most of the world. Topics covered: founding of the Federal Reserve, war mongering, bail-outs, boom-bust cycles, the J.P.Morgans and Rothschilds of the world, the history of central banking in the United States, and most fascinating: how the money system really works in this country. It is written in terms that anyone can understand, which will immediately rule out the kind of reader who is impressed by a lot of technical jargon that supposedly demonstrates an author's mastery of the subject while only serving to confuse laymen (and experts too). It tells the real story of how bankers have lured politicians with easy money and ended up in control of most of the world. Topics covered: founding of the Federal Reserve, war mongering, bail-outs, boom-bust cycles, the J.P.Morgans and Rothschilds of the world, the history of central banking in the United States, and most fascinating: how the money system really works in this country. It is written in terms that anyone can understand, which will immediately rule out the kind of reader who is impressed by a lot of technical jargon that supposedly demonstrates an author's mastery of the subject while only serving to confuse laymen (and experts too).
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This book puts it right: * Why America fought in WW1. * Why Russian revolutions occurred and who benefited from those. * Why people in other countries are so gullible when receiving foreign aid. * How the large bankers took advantage of those countries by legalizing smuggling, just for them, not the common folk. And most importantly: * How the common US folk is paying for all of it out of its own pocket through the hidden tax of inflation."
"I read this book many years ago and wanted to read it again."
"good information Prompt delivery."
"Great!"
"If you want the truth , read this book."
"All of the historical sequences are easy to read and understand due to the patient pace of the author."
"I had heard about this a long time ago so I was somewhat familiar with what happened."
Best Business Ethics
Respected authors Gerald Corey, Marianne Corey, Cindy Corey, and Patrick Callanan raise what they consider to be central issues, present a range of diverse views on the issues, discuss their position, and provide opportunities for students to refine their thinking and actively develop their own position. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 17, Counseling Psychology; and Division 49, Group Psychotherapy); a Fellow of the American Counseling Association; and a Fellow of the Association for Specialists in Group Work. She also holds memberships in the American Counseling Association, the American Group Psychotherapy Association, the Association for Specialists in Group Work, the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development, the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, and the Western Association of Counselor Education and Supervision. In the past 40 years, Marianne Schneider Corey and Jerry Corey have presented workshops in group counseling for mental health professionals at many universities in the United States as well as in Canada, Mexico, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Germany, Belgium, Scotland, England, and Ireland. In addition to ISSUES AND ETHICS IN THE HELPING PROFESSIONS, Dr. Corey has coauthored the following Cengage books: GROUPS: PROCESS AND PRACTICE, 10th Edition (2018, with Gerald Corey and Cindy Corey); I NEVER KNEW I HAD A CHOICE, 11th Edition (2018, with Gerald Corey and Michelle Muratori); BECOMING A HELPER, 7th Edition (2016, with Gerald Corey); and GROUP TECHNIQUES, 4th Edition (2015, with Gerald Corey, Patrick Callanan, and Michael Russell). She received her master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of San Diego and her Doctorate (PsyD) in Multicultural Community Clinical Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology in Alhambra, California.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Corey does an excellent job of presenting an overwhelming amount of information concisely."
"I especially like the case studies."
"Fast arrival."
"Book is amazing and delivered as promised."
"The book is a great buy."
Best Business Investments
The market in listed options and non-equity option products provides investors and traders with a wealth of new, strategic opportunities for managing their investments. Lawrence G. McMillan is a professional trader and the author of the bestselling Options as a Strategic Investment .
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I liked it so much that I bought two of McMillan's subsequent publications: McMillan on Options, Second Edition (Wiley Trading) (cited as McMillan, 2004) and Options for Volatile Markets: Managing Volatility and Protecting Against Catastrophic Risk (Bloomberg Financial) (cited as McMillan, 2011). Although new to this book, much of the information on volatility was previously published in McMillan 2004 (pages 241-568) and McMillan 2011 (pages 171 - 204). While one might criticize McMillan for repackaging the same material in different books, on the positive side: If you buy this book, you do not need to buy the other two. While hypothetical examples are useful in explaining how to construct a position or to illustrate a position's sensitivity to individual variables (i.e., the Greeks: delta, gamma, vega and theta), they often do not give one a practical sense of whether the trade would be profitable or even feasible. Throughout the book McMillan advises his readers to construct option positions that are insensitive or "delta-neutral" to changes in the price of the underlying stock (e.g. Chapter 40 explains how to create a position that is neutral with respect to both gamma and delta and would profit at a specific rate (vega) if implied volatility increases or decreases (pages 835 - 836). Unlike McMillan's example, the only way I could come close to achieving a delta / gamma neutral position was to specify a more modest return from vega e.g. -100.00 < position vega < 100.00. McMillan 2004 (page 505) includes a similar example of a huge position (555 contracts) that is delta/gamma neutral with limited vega risk. Later (page 516) McMillan concedes that this is a "theoretical example", but in this book, McMillan appears to be advising his readers to actually make these large trades. Note that in "Options for Volatile Markets" (McMillan 2011) McMillan recommends a different collar strategy: buy six-month puts and sell one month calls with strike prices approximately 2% OTM (page 149)."
"That said, I would recommend reading the early introductory chapters but then concentrating only on chapters that describe the trading technique that you are interested in (Calls, Puts, Vertical Spreads, etc)."
"One of the best options book that I have read!"
"This is the absolute bible of options trading strategies."
"Very Comprehensive reference text."
"Quite a comprehensive book."
Best Business Sales
Learn how to keep the pipeline full of qualified opportunities and avoid debilitating sales slumps by leveraging a balanced prospecting methodology across multiple prospecting channels. Why the 30-Day Rule is critical for keeping the pipeline full Why understanding the Law of Replacement is the key to avoiding sales slumps How to leverage the Law of Familiarity to reduce prospecting friction and avoid rejection The 5 C’s of Social Selling and how to use them to get prospects to call you How to use the simple 5 Step Telephone Framework to get more appointments fast How to double call backs with a powerful voice mail technique How to leverage the powerful 4 Step Email Prospecting Framework to create emails that compel prospects to respond How to get text working for you with the 7 Step Text Message Prospecting Framework And there is so much more! “In Fanatical Prospecting, you’ll learn exactly what you need to do right now to open more sales conversations, fill your pipeline, and put a lot more money in your pocket. If you want to understand exactly what it takes to be successful in sales this is the book for you .” John Spence, author of Awesomely Simple and one of the top 100 business thought leaders in the world. Blount explains core principles of prospecting in a story-telling style that begs you to write in the margins and put your own action plan into place.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Noticing the book was #1 on Amazon’s telemarketing best seller list, I ordered a copy and began reading with an open mind. The book, especially at the beginning and the very end, is about 50% standard sales motivation content covering well-trodden material like the amygdala/lizard brain, Amy Cuddy’s TED talk on body language, etc. Knowing that activity takes 90+ days to pay off, successful salespeople relentlessly fill their pipeline through a mixture of telephone, in-person, e-mail, social selling, text messaging, referrals, networking, inbound leads, trade shows, and cold calling. “Top performers organize their day into distinct time blocks dedicated to specific activities, concentrating their focus and eliminating distractions within those blocks… We schedule our prospecting blocks [on our calendars] into three “Power Hours” that are spread across the day—morning, midday, and afternoon.”. 4. For this reason, the social channel is better suited to building familiarity, lead nurturing, research, nuanced inbound prospecting, and trigger-event awareness.”. 7. “The feeling of rejection happens the moment you get a reflex response, brush-off, or objection (RBO)… Overcoming doesn't work. The key is a disruptive statement or question that turns them around so that they lean toward you rather than move away from away from you… When they say they're busy, instead of arguing them into how you will only take a little bit of their time, say, “I figured you would be.” Agreeing with them disrupts their thought pattern… When they say, “Just send me some information,” say, “Tell me specifically what you are looking for.” This calls their bluff and forces engagement… When they say, “I'm not interested,” say, “That makes sense."
"I bought this book hoping to find information on many forms of prospecting, and how to bring it all together into a structure. With 320 pages, I felt for sure there would be a chapter on bringing it all together, like 'A day in the life of a fanatical prospector', to give the reader a sample framework in which to form a basis to change how they prospect. That's what I needed, as I'm pretty good with scripting, but my overall time management and flow of the multiple prospecting mediums sucks. An additional note: I'm getting a little frustrated with the fact that there are more and more books loaded with compensated reviewers on Amazon."
"As a result, even if I've been in sales for quite a while, it humbles me to say that I've learned more about prospecting in the short span of time of reading this book than I ever did when in my entire selling career. The range of lessons the book offers is both broad and balanced, and I can confidently say that all of my questions, doubts, and even objections about prospecting have been satisfactorily handled."
Best Business Law
In 1976, this textbook was the fi rst to inject regulatory materials into a business law textbook, defi ning the “legal environment” approach to business law. Jane P. Mallor is Professor Emerita of Business Law at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University (IU). She has won a number of teaching awards, including the Amoco Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching, the Dow Technology Teaching Award, and the Innovative Teaching Award.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The seller also sent me the book in a timely fashion."
"Worst class I have ever taken, but that's not the books fault."
"Ugggghh...."
"Book was impeccable."
"Heavy book with a lot a lot a lot of information."
"Doesn't even give you enough time to use the book a whole semester."
Best Business Management
In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive . This time, he turns his keen intellect and storytelling power to the fascinating, complex world of teams. In keeping with the parable style, Lencioni (The Five Temptations of a CEO) begins by telling the fable of a woman who, as CEO of a struggling Silicon Valley firm, took control of a dysfunctional executive committee and helped its members succeed as a team.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Dysfunction within teams can be covered up with moderate success but greatness will on,y be a i.e. end when those dysfunctions are addressed."
"This book helps take a deeper look at the situation and most common issues experienced within a team."
"I like that the book explains things in details."
"One of the best leadership books I have ever read."
"One of Lencioni's classic takes on management and leadership, 5 Dysfunctions provides great practical guidance and a memorable visual reminder ."
"The book described my workplace, the poor communication."
"One of the strongest books in Patrick Lencioni's growing body of publications, "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team" offers a solid Model for the practice of management."
"Told as a parable, the book is informative and enjoyable."
Best Business Finance
While preserving the integrity of Graham's original text, this revised edition includes updated commentary by noted financial journalist Jason Zweig, whose perspective incorporates the realities of today's market, draws parallels between Graham's examples and today's financial headlines, and gives readers a more thorough understanding of how to apply Graham's principles. Among the library of investment books promising no-fail strategies for riches, Benjamin Graham's classic, The Intelligent Investor , offers no guarantees or gimmicks but overflows with the wisdom at the core of all good portfolio management. Graham's sage advice, analytical guides, and cautionary tales are still valid for the contemporary investor, and Zweig's commentaries demonstrate the relevance of Graham's principles in light of 1990s and early twenty-first century market trends.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"If you are not a professional - you'll appreciate the commentaries and epilogue - read it first? Several rules of thumbs I noted into my keep: - Investor buys the business [based on its price/value], speculator buys the stock [based on an absurd believe that he can foresee where the stock price will go]. Thus, invest in such old economy companies while bubble grows, as soon as the bubble burst - undervalued companies would rise back. Dividends - money firm pays you for providing capital, they belong to you."
"Not only will you get superb financial advice, but also an outstanding piece of literature written by a brilliant mind. In an illustrative contrast between the two men, while Graham might show what he thinks about a certain Wall Street practice with a sardonic quote from classical literature, Zweig disparages IPOs by showing us how many silly phrases he can think up to stand for the acronym."
"It is not a 101 guide to the basics of the stock market, but even if you go into this book with little to no knowledge of the stock market, it is informative enough that if you are intuitive, you can learn (by deduction) about investing."
"Very good that one book all information available for investor."
"New and seal in plastic wrap."
"Difficult for me to follow."
"The original text was updated in 1972 by Graham and then Jason Zweig adds his commentary in 2003 to relate to the changes at that time."
"No complaints of the book itself, but the Kindle edition of it is bad."
Best Business Marketing
Learn how to keep the pipeline full of qualified opportunities and avoid debilitating sales slumps by leveraging a balanced prospecting methodology across multiple prospecting channels. Why the 30-Day Rule is critical for keeping the pipeline full Why understanding the Law of Replacement is the key to avoiding sales slumps How to leverage the Law of Familiarity to reduce prospecting friction and avoid rejection The 5 C’s of Social Selling and how to use them to get prospects to call you How to use the simple 5 Step Telephone Framework to get more appointments fast How to double call backs with a powerful voice mail technique How to leverage the powerful 4 Step Email Prospecting Framework to create emails that compel prospects to respond How to get text working for you with the 7 Step Text Message Prospecting Framework And there is so much more! “In Fanatical Prospecting, you’ll learn exactly what you need to do right now to open more sales conversations, fill your pipeline, and put a lot more money in your pocket. If you want to understand exactly what it takes to be successful in sales this is the book for you .” John Spence, author of Awesomely Simple and one of the top 100 business thought leaders in the world. Blount explains core principles of prospecting in a story-telling style that begs you to write in the margins and put your own action plan into place.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Noticing the book was #1 on Amazon’s telemarketing best seller list, I ordered a copy and began reading with an open mind. The book, especially at the beginning and the very end, is about 50% standard sales motivation content covering well-trodden material like the amygdala/lizard brain, Amy Cuddy’s TED talk on body language, etc. Knowing that activity takes 90+ days to pay off, successful salespeople relentlessly fill their pipeline through a mixture of telephone, in-person, e-mail, social selling, text messaging, referrals, networking, inbound leads, trade shows, and cold calling. “Top performers organize their day into distinct time blocks dedicated to specific activities, concentrating their focus and eliminating distractions within those blocks… We schedule our prospecting blocks [on our calendars] into three “Power Hours” that are spread across the day—morning, midday, and afternoon.”. 4. For this reason, the social channel is better suited to building familiarity, lead nurturing, research, nuanced inbound prospecting, and trigger-event awareness.”. 7. “The feeling of rejection happens the moment you get a reflex response, brush-off, or objection (RBO)… Overcoming doesn't work. The key is a disruptive statement or question that turns them around so that they lean toward you rather than move away from away from you… When they say they're busy, instead of arguing them into how you will only take a little bit of their time, say, “I figured you would be.” Agreeing with them disrupts their thought pattern… When they say, “Just send me some information,” say, “Tell me specifically what you are looking for.” This calls their bluff and forces engagement… When they say, “I'm not interested,” say, “That makes sense."
"I bought this book hoping to find information on many forms of prospecting, and how to bring it all together into a structure. With 320 pages, I felt for sure there would be a chapter on bringing it all together, like 'A day in the life of a fanatical prospector', to give the reader a sample framework in which to form a basis to change how they prospect. That's what I needed, as I'm pretty good with scripting, but my overall time management and flow of the multiple prospecting mediums sucks. An additional note: I'm getting a little frustrated with the fact that there are more and more books loaded with compensated reviewers on Amazon."
Best Business Development
In this inspiring book, Ash Maurya takes you through an exacting strategy for achieving a "product/market fit" for your fledgling venture, based on his own experience in building a wide array of products from high-tech to no-tech. Find a problem worth solving, then define a solution Engage your customers throughout the development cycle Continually test your product with smaller, faster iterations Build a feature, measure customer response, and verify/refute the idea Know when to "pivot" by changing your plan's course Maximize your efforts for speed, learning, and focus Learn the ideal time to raise your "big round" of funding. The level of detail, including case studies and practical applications, make this book a resource worthy of sitting on every aspiring entrepreneur's shelf." "Ash has laid out a clear compass for anyone to validate their ideas, solve real problems and create a successful business. Ash not only gives advice but makes it practicable--this is the first comprehensive guidebook for how to execute a Lean Startup."
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"He provides a very concise and well written step by step course of action and great tools to work you through the startup building process."
"But having read many of the existing ones, I highly recommend this book of Ash's for anyone working through those very early days when you have to figure out if your 'great idea' has any chance of blooming into the viable business model that is the true product of a startup."
"El libro de Ash Maurya significa un hito en la literatura práctica de entrepreneurship."
"This year, there will be 400,000,000 business startups around the globe...and 90% of them will fail in the first five years because they did a Business Plan instead of a Lean Canvas."
"First, he shares the Lean-inspired principles at work in his business ventures, using the book as sort of an open bridge hand for us to watch as he plays. And that's when you know you have a good resource for helping you actually do something differently...you're engaged by the thinking on the first run through, and returning often to try out bits and pieces on the real world questions you're wrestling around with... rather than just liking the ideas but feeling overwhelmed by the effort or rigidity of applying them to your situation."
"His lean process is anchored on relevant examples and while they are simple, are very transferrable to just about any other product type and complexity type!"
Best Business Communication
This newly revised edition is the only book on parliamentary procedure to have been updated since 1876 under the continuing program of review established by General Henry M. Robert himself, in cooperation with the official publisher of Robert’s Rules . Henry M. Robert III is the grandson of General Henry M. Robert and has served as president of the Maryland Association of Parliamentarians and as parliamentarian for the National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP).
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"General Henry M. Robert published the original "Robert's Rules" in 1875 and 1876 and, since the copyright on that edition (and the next few editions) has long since expired, there are numerous unofficial editions on the market. With the copyright expired, even the name "Robert's" has passed into the public domain, and many imitators have slapped the name "Robert's" on books of parliamentary procedure that bear minimal relation to General Robert's work (much as many dictionaries claim the name "Webster's" without any connection to Noah Webster or the Merriam-Webster brand that carries on his work). Now in its 11th edition, published in September 2011, this book "supersedes all previous editions and is intended automatically become the parliamentary authority in organizations whose bylaws prescribe 'Robert's Rules of Order' ... or the like, without specifying a particular edition.""
"Nothing new here but the latest revision ;). The paper is literally like it’s a bible."
"Good format, good size, print font large enough to read."
"This is a very nicely printed and bound softcover book."
"The language is rather stilted at times and some of the procedures are very detailed, but these are the rules for properly conducting an orderly, efficient, effective meeting."
"It's a good book for officials to know, I use mine a lot to advise new volunteers."
"New Version of old book... Great to have a new one to replace my worn old copy."
"I bought this for my husband, and he says it was exactuaaly what he wanted."
Best International Business
Market-defining since it was introduced, International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace by Charles W. L. Hill, sets the standard, and is the proven choice for International Business. Professor Hill has also published several textbooks including International Business (McGraw-Hill) and Global Business Today (McGraw-Hill). His clients have included Microsoft, where he has been teaching in-house executive education courses for two decades. He has also consulted for a variety of other large companies (e.g., AT&T Wireless, Boeing, BF Goodrich, Group Health, Hexcel, Microsoft, Philips Healthcare, Philips Medical Systems, Seattle City Light, Swedish Health Services, Tacoma City Light, Thompson Financial Services, WRQ, and Wizards of the Coast).
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"great price - arrived on time."
"A must have for business CEO's and Top management."
"Honestly - I would have been LOST in class without this book."
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In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive . This time, he turns his keen intellect and storytelling power to the fascinating, complex world of teams. In keeping with the parable style, Lencioni (The Five Temptations of a CEO) begins by telling the fable of a woman who, as CEO of a struggling Silicon Valley firm, took control of a dysfunctional executive committee and helped its members succeed as a team.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Dysfunction within teams can be covered up with moderate success but greatness will on,y be a i.e. end when those dysfunctions are addressed."
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Best Banking
By applying a unified analytical framework to the models, The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets makes theory intuitive for students, and the rich array of current, real-world events keeps students motivated. Frederic S. Mishkin is Alfred Lerner Professor of Banking and Financial Institutions at the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a past Executive Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and after finishing this book was appointed a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It covers current topics such as inflation targeting, the Taylor principle, sterilized currency intervention and the zero lower bound. Because I found this book to be a great supplement to my macroeconomic studies I'll rate it highly. For the crazy prices that publishers charge for textbooks, this book deserves another rundown from the editors."
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Best Real Estate
Crushing It in Apartments and Commercial Real Estate is a beginner's guide to investing based on Murray's experience bootstrapping his way from newbie investor to award-winning CEO of Washington Street Properties. Whether you already invest in real estate and want to go bigger, or you've never owned a property, this book gives you the tools and wisdom you need to crush it in apartments and commercial real estate. In 2015, Murray was recognized with a Gold Stevie Award for Executive of the Year in the Real Estate Industry.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The book has plenty of examples of the hard work and tenant drama that make real estate investing via commercial building ownership completely different than passive investments like the stock market, but the pride and self-satisfaction from making a positive difference in the lives of tenants and in the community from improving commercial property comes through throughout the book."
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""Crushing It in Apartments and Commercial Real Estate: How a Small Investor Can Make It Big" by Brian H Murray, is an excellent read for anyone already in or thinking about going into real estate. I do enjoy how this book isn't just for real estate professionals but its also for beginners (Like me and my fiance). Its great that a lot of the advice he offers doesn’t require someone to be wealthy by any standards."
Best Accounting
He has since rebuilt his financial life and, through his workshops and his New York Times business bestsellers Financial Peace and More than Enough , he has helped hundreds of thousands of people to understand the forces behind their financial distress and how to set things right-financially, emotionally, and spiritually. An updated, expanded version of Ramsey's first book about overcoming debt and managing personal finances, this edition boasts new chapters on the relationship between money matters and family matters.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great 2nd read for after the Total Money Makeover."
"Had already read it and bought another copy for a friend."
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"great book."
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Best Economics
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Most books about teaching reading require plowing through lots of pages about the author's philosophy and practices before getting to the good stuff...the stuff you can use in the classroom tomorrow. Every teacher, from classroom teachers to reading specialists to literacy coaches to tutors to home-school teachers, from pre serviice teachers to veteran teachers, will quickly and easily be able to find the strategies they need to teach the students in front of them."
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