The Entrepreneurial Imperative by Carl J. Schramm

Well, this has been an interesting and thoughtful book. It is somewhat academic, yet filled with little inspirations for business and self-employed. So, what is it.

It’s more or less a book form of an essay, seeking to show that the best promise for the future for the United States (and the world for that matter) is “entrepreneurial capitalism”. Which is a fancy way of saying encouraging entrepreneurs, both nationally, and inside large corporations. How to do this, teach more about running a business in school, the basics, like basic accounting, risk assessment.
Read more

Know-How by Ram Charan

Another excellent business book. I would highly recommend this to anyone running a company, a business, or planning on moving up the corporate ladder. If you want to know what to learn, and how to be, to be a top executive and to make your company successful, this is the place to start.

In short, it’s about your people skills and your own personal skills and vision and how to maximize them. Read more

Ready, Fire, Aim by Michael Masterson

Here’s what I learned from the book. I’m really most interested in Stage One, getting started or infancy. There is lot’s more in the book and I’d recommend reading it. You can pick it up from Amazon if you are interested.

$0 to $100,000,000.00 in not time flat. That’s the promise of the book, and I think it delivers.

Read more