Can you recommend any must-read books about going into business for yourself?

Answer 1

* How to Really Start Your Own Business, Fourth Edition by David E. Gumpert
* How to Really Create a Successful Business Plan: Step-by-Step Guide by David E. Gumpert
* What No One Ever Tells You about Starting Your Own Business: Real-Life Start-Up Advice from 101 Successful Entrepreneurs (What No One Ever Tells You About Starting Your Own Business) by Jan Norman
* Business Start-Up Kit by Steven D. Strauss
* Start Your Own Business (Entrepreneur Magazine's Start Up) by Rieva Lesonsky

Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!

Answer 2

Over the years i have read some very fascinating business books, i have compiled and listed some of them here http://astore.amazon.com/ozbizybiz-20 They includes some fascinating reads on some of the major brands in the world. It would inspire any would be entreprenuer. But if you ask me, i would recommend this book "Brand You". No matter what business you get into, its about you. Therefore the concept is that you are the brand. Like Richard Branson. He has almost if not synonymous with Virgin. If not an Icon by it self. Bill Gates. Steve Jobs. This are very public figures, nevertheless, the concept is ultimately its you. Be it a restaurant, a web design company, a cafe, a book shop, it has to display the personality of the owner you. The decor, the selection of books, menus....is but an extension of you. Your life. Your personality, your character. Your experiences.

Answer 3

The Listmaker ~ Robin Klein The Valley of secrets and strategies ~ Charmian Hussey Little Nemo in Slumberland ~ Winsor McCay Calvin And Hobbes ~ invoice Wattersford Butterfly ~ Sonya Hartnett With My Knife ~ Andrew Lansdown Pomegranate Soup ~ Marsha Mehran The Witch in the Lake ~ Anna Fienberg The e book Thief ~ Markus Zusak The Miseducation of Cameron positioned up ~ Emily M. Danforth The Invetion of Hugo Cabret ~ Brian Selznick Oracle ~ Jackie French Rover ~ Jackie French The Witch commerce ~ Michael Molloy White Cat ~ Holly Black The Goose female ~ Shannon Hale Enna Burning ~ Shannon Hale the story of a Seagull and the Cat who taught her to fly ~ Luis Sepulveda Cloudsailors ~ Hugh Sir Bernard Law Hannah's wintry climate ~ Kieran Meehan the secret Hour ~ Scott Westerfield Touching Darkness ~ Scott Westerfield Blue midday ~ Scott Westerfield The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Scoiety ~ Mary Anne Shaffer and Annie Barrows Promise of the Wolves ~ Dorothy Hearst secrets and strategies of the Wolves ~ Dorothy Hearst Spirit of the Wolves ~ Dorothy Hearst Wolves of the previous ~ Dorothy Hearst Eragon ~ Christopher Paolini The e book of Dragons ~ Edith Nesbit The Enchanted fortress ~ Edith Nesbit Wings - Aprillyne Pike Sophie's worldwide - Jostein Gaarder Ingo - Helen Dunmore The Named - Marianne Curley River secrets and strategies - Shannon Hale Bloom - Elizabeth Scott Eva's Angel - Garry Disher The Historian - Elizabeth Costova try those? I enjoyed all of them!!!!! (theres a million extra that ive enjoyed, yet i merely cant bear in mind sorry)

Answer 4

The book "Entrepreneur America"; basically for a person with the savvy and skills looking for the ingredients for a "start-up" company. Author is Rob Ryan. This book has been a very essential handbook for me. 12-2-2006 USA

Answer 5

The Business Startup Checklist and Planning Guide - http://www.businessinfoguide.com/book.htm

Answer 6

I liked How to Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive by Harvey McKay

Answer 7

I would recommend the book or audio: The Slight Edge By Jeff Olson.

Answer 8

I think the name of the book is 90 days to a work you'll love

Answer 9

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