I’ve been looking forward to reading Rachel Elanugh’s book since she announced that she was writing one. Although her business Red Letter Days ended up in administration before being bought by two of her fellow Dragons I believe there’s a lot that aspiring entrepreneurs could learn from her experience.
So I was disappointed when I [...]

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On a number of occasions recently I’ve been asked to suggest a top 10 business book list. As it’s usually something that people thinking of starting a business ask me for I don’t think they really want my views on the top 10 business books (which would no doubt include books by Drucker, Porter [...]

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How To Value And Sell Your Business carries the subtitle “The essential guide to preparing, valuing and selling a company for maximum profit”, which perfectly describes what this book is about; preparing, valuing and selling your business for the most you possibly can. It guides you through the entire process of selling a business including [...]

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Think Better is about Productive Thinking; Hurson defines Productive Thinking as a way to generate new insightful ideas, in contrast to reproductive thinking that merely refines what is already known. By learning how to use productive thinking we can become more creative and in today’s business world creativity matters.
In Think Better Hurson introduces his model [...]

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Trump Never Give Up tells the stories of Donald Trump’s biggest challenges and worst mistakes in business. In each story he explains how he overcame these mistakes and challenges and in the process turned them into successes.
Few people can claim to have failed so spectacularly as Trump, in 1991 his business was facing bankruptcy and [...]

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Starting A Business: Straight Talk From The World’s Top Business Leaders is a short book consisting of fourteen short lessons based on the experiences of some of the worlds best known business leaders and entrepreneurs. Each lesson has a theme, for example “Overcoming Obstacles” and ends with a “takeaways” section; a set of bullet points [...]

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Purple Cow is about the value of selling a remarkable product or of being a remarkable business. Seth Godin urges you to put a Purple Cow into everything you build, and everything you do, to create something truly noticeable. He urges you to ask “why not” and to consider doing the things that are “just [...]

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The hedge fund industry is reknown for it’s high returns and low profiles. A combination that makes it the regular focus of media attention.
For those that don’t know a hedge fund is a private investment fund open to only a limited range of qualified investors. Typically the fund charges a 1% management fee and a [...]

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The Future of Management encourages the reader to look at the management structure of their business and question it’s suitability. Is the business hog-tied by bureaucracy? Does the system stifle innovation, or innovation encouraged?
Hamel argues that organisations need bold management innovation now more than ever. The current management model - centred on control and efficiency [...]

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The Art Of Creative Thinking claims to explain how to be innovative and develop great ideas by providing clear practical guidelines for developing your ability as a creative thinker. John Adair uses examples and quotes from famous writers, poets, entrepreneurs and scientists to illustrate his points. I’m sure some readers will be surprised at the [...]

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