GOOD TO GREAT A Fresh Look at Management Practices Jim Collins   Jim Collins’ book, “Good to Great: A Fresh Look at Management Practices”, provides innovative approaches to business planning and management practices. Collins succeeds to a good extent in rumpling our long accepted theories on professional strategies and working methods. […]

UNLEASHING The IdeaVirus Seth Godin  Do You Zoom Inc Seth Godin’s book “Unleashing the Ideavirus”, is revising the approach to product marketing. A practical and concise book, ‘Ideavirus’ is a delightful read that busts markets targeting at consumers.  Instead, it encourages creating an environment where consumers willingly market company products […]

GOING SOLO The Best Resources for Entrepreneurs & Freelancers Stanley I. Mason Jr EDITOR Going Solo Rarely did a World War II pilot fly over towns thinking about businesses, how small time owners operated their companies, and how small enterprises grew to such large corporations. In Stanley Mason Jr.’s case […]

FINANCING & BUILDING  an E-Commerce Venture Marc Kramer  Starting a new business requires developing a strong business strategy, efficient management team and acquiring venture capital from investment firms. While most business and investment management books deal with these fundamental issues, Kramer’s book, “Financing & Building an E-Commerce Venture”, takes it a notch […]

DONE DEALS Venture Capitalists Tell Their Stories Udayan Gupta  Harvard Business School Press “Done Deals” by Udayan Gupta, is an impressive account of the years of venture capital investment, as witnessed by industry stalwarts.   No less than 35 influential venture capitalists, including such pioneers as Arthur Rock and Eugene Kleiner, […]