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Click Here to Order: Stories of the World's Most Successful Internet Marketing Entrepreneurs

Joel Comm

Morgan James Publishing, 2008

Best read in a long time!
I dont get much time to read these days but this was a must for me as it spoke of many people I had read about for two to three years and even bought products from. I took it with me on a recent business trip to Spain (where I am writing this from) and read it cover to ...

What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful

Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter

Hyperion, 2007

The Future of Tommorow - Highly Recommended!
Marshall Goldsmith illustrates the concept of focusing the mind on positive ways of thinking. He has provided "20 annoying habits". He has written how they need to be "eliminated"; until your thoughts have been clearly defined. As a reader, I can relate to most of ...

Outliers: The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell

Little, Brown and Company, 2008

In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to ...

A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing, Ninth Edition

Burton G. Malkiel

W. W. Norton, 2007

Basic Understanding
Very good book, the author takes you behind the scene of Wall Street and history of the market. He goes over the basics of our economy and the different avenues of investing. This is a must read for anyone who want to start investing but is confused on where to ...

Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide: Business thinking and strategies behind successful Web 2.0 implementations.

Amy Shuen

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2008

Clear, thought provoking, business altering!
Written in an engaging easy to read style; then you pour some coffee and the implications start to hit you. "If this, then..." and "Hey, we could make money ...". My favorite is "That's how they use the stuff I do! Wow!" Information is presented with an idea, how ...

Rule #1: The Simple Strategy for Successful Investing in Only 15 Minutes a Week!

Phil Town

Three Rivers Press, 2007

Everybody even a fund manger should read it once
I just finished reading this book. Everybody who does not have time to read and understand Warren Buffet's methodly for investing should read this once. I would call this as 101 in investing. I have several years of experience in trading. When I started reading ...

The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth

Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor

Harvard Business School Press, 2003

the real thing
As CEO of LMS Technical for 28 years, my use of books to help me plan, sustain and improve my business has been a priority. Introduced to this book by my daughter who is presently a student of Christensen, I was skeptical that a "Harvard" read would be too far off the ...

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

Jim Collins, Jerry I. Porras

Collins Business, 2004

The "Core Values" of Corporate Business of the Yesterday and Today
Let me just say, I have read two books by Jim Collins and his research team and I have not been at all disappointed. All chapters were explained without complex sentence writings and without all the extra stuff. For example, "Resiliency (not perfection) is the ...

Effective Phrases For Performance Appraisals: A Guide to Successful Evaluations (Neal, Effective Phrases for ...

James E. Neal

Neal Publications, 2006

A real life saver.
If anyone is going to buy "only" one book to write effective rating evaluations, then this is the book you need. I highly recommend this book it's quick and to the point.

The New Strategic Selling: The Unique Sales System Proven Successful by the World's Best Companies

Stephen E. Heiman, Tad Tuleja

Business Plus, 2005

A Must Have For Sales Personnel
This book, together with "The New Conceptual Selling" should be mandatory for any sales person. It introduces among other things, the concept of the Sales Funnel and of Win Results. If you are interested in repeat business and customer referrals you will not want to ...

Convertible Arbitrage: Insights and Techniques for Successful Hedging

Nick P. Calamos

Wiley, 2003

An Excellent Primer on the subject
As a technologist charged with implementing a convertible arbitrage fund, this book was incredibly helpful. By reading it, I learned enough about the strategy and how it works to have intelligent conversations with portfolio managers and analysts and understand what ...

Rich Dad's Real Estate Advantages: Tax and Legal Secrets of Successful Real Estate Investors

Sharon L. Lechter, Garrett Sutton

Business Plus, 2006

The First Book to Truly Teach Real Estate Method
This book does for real estate investing what Pimsleur does for language learning: it teaches you to speak the real estate language, to ask knowledgeable questions, and to make informed decisions. I have been through dozens of books, tapes, and CD programs on ...

The Essential 55: An Award-winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child

Ron Clark

Hyperion, 2004

Good Book
Very Interesting Outlook on Everyday Skills as well as Classroom Skills!! I LOVED IT

Winning the Loser's Game: Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing

Charles D. Ellis

McGraw-Hill, 2002

A classic book on investing
Charles was not the first to blow the whistle on active investing but was the first to write a book for the average investor. His advise and counsel are outstanding. In fact he has been called by the current administration to establish criteria for self funded social ...

The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing: Morningstar's Guide to Building Wealth and Winning in the ...

Pat Dorsey

Wiley, 2004

One of the best books for the beginner.
I have just recently entered into the world of investing, and this book has really helped me to have a much better understanding of what I'm doing. At first, I was more or less just picking companies (hey, I like this one, etc). Dorsey's book was very helpful and ...