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Business Books for Managers in Tech Companies
Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Technology Products to Mainstream CustomersCrossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Technology Products to Mainstream Customers by Geoffrey A. Moore
Buy new: £9.74 / Used from: £3.91
Anyone in tech companies MUST read this. A business classic
It's Not Funny If I Have to Explain It: A Dilbert Treasury (Dilbert Books (Paperback Andrews McMeel))It's Not Funny If I Have to Explain It: A Dilbert Treasury (Dilbert Books (Paperback Andrews McMeel)) by Scott Adams
Buy new: £9.35 / Used from: £2.15
Don't take it all so seriously
The Financial Times Guide to StrategyThe Financial Times Guide to Strategy by Richard Koch
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Sound grounding in all the issues. Essential for those in company HQ/ central roles
Inside the Tornado: Marketing Strategies from Silicon Valley's Cutting EdgeInside the Tornado: Marketing Strategies from Silicon Valley's Cutting Edge by Geoffrey A. Moore
Buy new: £12.74 / Used from: £0.01
Web 2.0 anyone?
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of EverythingFreakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
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Don't worry about the conclusions, just admire the thinking and aspire to it. Challenge everything
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big DifferenceThe Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £2.77
Dinner party discussions and useful examples.
Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New IdeasSerious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas by Edward De Bono
Buy used from: £17.95
Of all the de bono books I'd choose this one: very smart. Turn your head upside down and inside out
In Search Of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run CompaniesIn Search Of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies by Robert H Waterman Jr
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £3.00
Much criticised but read it for the sheer enthusiasm
The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to FailThe Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail by Clayton M. Christensen
Buy new: £14.73 / Used from: £2.40
Useful analysis of why tech introductions fail
The Bluffer's Guide to Management (Bluffer's Guides)The Bluffer's Guide to Management (Bluffer's Guides) by John Courtis
Buy new: £3.19 / Used from: £0.01
Lots of useful tricks hidden in here and passed off as comedy
Bluff Your Way in Philosophy (Bluffers Guide Series)Bluff Your Way in Philosophy (Bluffers Guide Series) by Jim Hankinson
Buy used from: £10.95
The back section on techniques for discussion says it all
Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and CompetitorsCompetitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors by Michael E. Porter
Buy new: £10.03 / Used from: £8.17
Classic Text. Now you know what the consultants are talking about.
The Complete Yes Prime Minister: The Diaries of the Right Hon.James HackerThe Complete Yes Prime Minister: The Diaries of the Right Hon.James Hacker
Buy new: £7.66 / Used from: £0.01
1000 years of political moves condensed. Fantastic.
Yes, MinisterYes, Minister
Buy new: £7.69 / Used from: £0.01
Ditto. So much more than comedy.
The One Minute ManagerThe One Minute Manager by Kenneth H. Blanchard
Buy new: £4.37 / Used from: £0.01
Morale boosting. Staff performance boosting.
Solution Selling: Creating Buyers in Difficult Selling MarketsSolution Selling: Creating Buyers in Difficult Selling Markets by Michael T. Bosworth
Buy new: £11.38 / Used from: £1.99
Not everything about selling in tech, just most of it.