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Essays and notes of my own; books, podcasts and articles written by people who have thought harder than I have — brain food for your moments of reflection, and to prompt new perspectives.

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Book List for Entrepreneurs

The books I return to, and the list I have kept for thirty years.

This is the foundation I built my own thinking on — business, capital, and the temperament required for both. Titles link out to Wikipedia where there is an article worth reading.

01 The Great Game of Business Jack Stack & Bo Burlingham
02 Good Profit Charles Koch
03 The Business of Expertise David C. Baker
04 The Rebel Allocator Jake Taylor
05 The Knack Norm Brodsky & Bo Burlingham
06 Profit First Mike Michalowicz
07 The Pumpkin Plan Mike Michalowicz
08 Small Giants Bo Burlingham
09 The 60 Minute CFO David Duryee
10 Financial Intelligence Karen Berman & Joe Knight
11 Think Bigger Michael Sonnenfeldt
12 Human Action Ludwig von Mises
14 The Intelligent Investor Benjamin Graham
15 Security Analysis Benjamin Graham & David Dodd
16 The Essays of Warren Buffett Lawrence Cunningham
17 Margin of Safety Seth Klarman
19 The Messy Marketplace Brent Beshore
20 No Man’s Land Doug Tatum
21 The Strategist Cynthia Montgomery
23 Selling the Invisible Harry Beckwith
24 How to Hire the Best Dr Sabrina Starling
25 The Master Key System Charles F. Haanel
26 The Cashflow Quadrant Robert Kiyosaki
28 Profit Bleed Vicki Suiter
30 The Road Less Stupid Keith J. Cunningham
32 Storytelling with Data Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
33 Scaling Up Verne Harnish
34 The Science of Getting Rich Wallace D. Wattles
35 Economics in One Lesson Henry Hazlitt
36 Entrepreneurship Eamonn Butler
37 Post-Capitalist Society Peter Drucker
38 The Psychology of Money Morgan Housel
39 Company of One Paul Jarvis
40 30 Lies about Money Peter Koenig
41 Playing to Win A.G. Lafley & Roger Martin
43 Finish Big Bo Burlingham
44 Cash Flow Surge Alastair Thomson
45 A Mind for Numbers Barbara Oakley
50 Business Model Generation Alexander Osterwalder
51 Buying a Small Business Richard S. Ruback
53 A Humane Economy Wilhelm Röpke
54 Business Brilliant Lewis Schiff
55 The First Habit Lewis Schiff
56 Pricing Creativity Blair Enns
57 Progress and Poverty Henry George
58 Geopolitical Alpha Marko Papic
60 Production Versus Plunder Paul Rosenberg
64 Plain Talk Ken Iverson
65 The Snowball System Mo Bunnell
67 Getting Naked Patrick Lencioni
68 People, Time & Money Rich Russakoff
69 The People Part Annie Hyman Pratt
70 Bouncing Back Bill Bartmann
71 Break the Wheel Jay Acunzo
72 Reboot Jerry Colonna
74 Tax-Free Wealth Tom Wheelwright
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