Grant Waldie
The Portable MBA
See the actual curriculum of leading MBA schools
-- Edited by Kenneth M. Eades
"Whether you're a small business owner or you work for a multinational corporation, The Portable MBA delivers as a one-stop reference on the knowledge, insights, and practices you need to succeed in today's business world."
MBA in a Book
Mastering business with attitude
-- Joel Kurtzman with Glenn Rifkin & Victoria Griffith
"Some of the sharpest minds in the business world provide useful perspectives on all core business topics."
-- Larry Bossidy, retired CEO of Honeywell
The Essentials
An introduction to the most enduring ideas on management
"If you read nothing else this year, read this book."
-- Harvard Business Review
Decisions
Making the right ones, righting the wrong ones
-- Jim Treliving
"This book is engrossing, with moments of impending disaster and moments of victory, and offers many useful lessons about entrepreneurship and business."
-- The Globe and Mail
Building Your Business Case
Tell a compelling story, Identify stakeholders, analyze risk and return
-- Raymond Sheen with Amy Gallo
"This book gives you all the tools you need to make a strong business case."
-- Harvard Business Review
The Power of Habit
Why we do what we do in life and business
-- Charles Duhigg
"You'll never look at yourself, your organization, or your world quite the same way."
-- Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New World
Smarter, Faster, Better
The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
-- Charles Duhigg
"Smarter, Faster, Better finds provocative answers to a riddle of our age: How to become productive and less busy, how to be more effective and more in control of our lives."
-- Jim Collins, author of Good to Great.
New Business Ventures and Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is the heart of all business. We all started somewhere, and these books lay the path.
Here are the 7 books I recommend for either starting your own business, or expanding what your current business already does: