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The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting AnythingThe Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything by Guy Kawasaki
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The best book on how to start a business or organization.
Integrated Marketing Communications: Putting It Together & Making It WorkIntegrated Marketing Communications: Putting It Together & Making It Work by Don E. Schultz
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Excellent book on how to combine several media channels to get the best audience response.
Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based ManagementHard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management by Jeffrey Pfeffer
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Assumptions rule our lives, but should not. This book gives analyses of assumptions and facts in education of our children, running governments, and buying cars.
How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in ItHow the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It by Arthur Herman
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Sam Walton: Made In AmericaSam Walton: Made In America by Sam Walton
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Biography of Sam Walton and Wal-Mart
Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every CompanyOnly the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company by Andrew S. Grove
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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow
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The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American SupereconomyThe Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy by Charles R. Morris
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The Selfish Altruist: Relief Work in Famine and WarThe Selfish Altruist: Relief Work in Famine and War by Tony Vaux
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One of the most significant books on how business and charity must work hand-in-hand to do good.
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So PoorThe Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor by David S. Landes
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There are differences in the social systems between rich and poor nations, and the cultural values affect strategies needed to reduce poverty and create jobs.
Wealth and Poverty (Ics Series in Self-Governance)Wealth and Poverty (Ics Series in Self-Governance) by George Gilder
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This is the classic beginning point to understand the social systems to create and sustain wealth and poverty.
Framing Class: Media Representations of Wealth and Poverty in AmericaFraming Class: Media Representations of Wealth and Poverty in America by Diana Kendall
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The Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work WorksThe Seven-Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works by Ricardo Semler
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Gave me a completely different view of how to integrate life and business. Much like Kenneth Tyler of Seedwiki.com, whose business reflects requests and needs of clients instead of the directors and administrators. This open way of doing business is threatening because of the lack of control, but gives comfort in doing right by those in your networks.
iWoz: How I Invented the Personal Computer and Had Fun Along the WayiWoz: How I Invented the Personal Computer and Had Fun Along the Way
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A brilliant communicator and dedicated philanthropist, Steve Wozniak has contributed a lot to technological innovations and to being a good citizen. Segments of this audio book are available on the internet (after many promotional interviews). I am eager to read the full print version.