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My favourite business books for small businesses
E-myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About ItE-myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber
Buy new: £6.13 / Used from: £3.75
Superb - absolutely essential reading. If you have your own business you MUST read this book.
Wake Up and Smell the Profit: 52 Guaranteed Ways to Make More Money in Your Coffee BusinessWake Up and Smell the Profit: 52 Guaranteed Ways to Make More Money in Your Coffee Business by John Richardson
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £8.35
This book, along with the E-myth, changed my life.
The 4-hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New RichThe 4-hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss
Buy new: £7.76 / Used from: £5.28
This book changed my life again and really helped reinforce the lessons of "Wake Up" and "The E-myth"
The Magic of Thinking BigThe Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
Buy new: £5.36 / Used from: £3.27
It was this book that made me brave enough to open my second location.
No BS Time Management for EntrepreneursNo BS Time Management for Entrepreneurs by Dan Kennedy
Buy new: £5.69 / Used from: £2.49
Genius. I've read pretty much everything Dan has produced.
No BS Business SuccessNo BS Business Success by KENNEDY
Buy new: £5.82 / Used from: £3.09
Essential reading. Great pragmatic advice from someone who has "been there".
Influence: The Psychology of PersuasionInfluence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
Buy new: £6.05 / Used from: £4.58
A very clever (and fascinating) book.
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don'tGood to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins
Buy new: £13.89 / Used from: £12.28
A superb, in depth, study of how to get to the next level.
First, Break All The RulesFirst, Break All The Rules by Marcus Buckingham
Buy new: £5.67 / Used from: £3.11
Great advice (although why do I find the author so smug?)
The One Minute ManagerThe One Minute Manager by Kenneth H. Blanchard
Buy new: £4.37 / Used from: £0.01
I keep a stack of these on my shelf and give one out to every new manager hire.