Best Business Books For Tiny Business Owners

by Russ Henneberry


At the last Tiny Business Mighty Profits Meet Up I asked everyone a question —

What is the best business book you have read and why…

Here are the answers we received —

The Purple Cow by Seth Godin because it completely changed the way that I look at the entire marketing process.
~Russ Henneberry of Tiny Business, Mighty Profits

SEO For Dummies because it has great information.
~ Peggy Nehmen of Nehmen-Kodner

High Trust Selling by Todd Duncan because I have learned an incredible amount of sales techniques to increase my income.
~ Caroline Orr of Orr Properties, LLC.

Beach Money: Creating Your Dream Life Through Network Marketing by Jordan Adler because it is about the the ups and downs of choosing a business and sticking to it — believing in it!
~Sharon Van Winkle of Send Out Cards

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho because it inspired me to pursue my dream no matter what I am confronted with and pursue illustration for life.
~David Zamudio of Zamudios Art Studio

Jacked Up: A Jack Welch Biography by Bill Lane because it discusses how Jack Welch and his corporate communications director changed the way people communicate in business.
~Ann Marie Mayuga of AMM Communications, LLC

Small Business for Dummies because it is the only business book I have read.  :)
~Mike Pisula of Harp Graphics

Crush It by Gary Vaynerchuk because Gary outlines how to build a personal brand for yourself and use your passion to be successful.
~Nick Hogan of STLBizCenter.com

Good To Great by Jim Collins because it is the essence of strategic planning and sustainable business.
~Ed Mayuga of AMM Communications, LLC

Let My People Go Surfing by Yvonne Chouinard because it is about Patagonia, an awesome company, and the ideals it uses to run the company.
~ Doug Miner of Doug Miner Photography

Seven Years To Seven Figures by Michael Masterson because it outlines what different entrepreneurs have done to achieve a 7 figure net worth in 7 years.
~ Chad Sutterer of Sutterer Bay Photography

Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill because it helped me quit a good job and become an entrepreneur.
~ Fred Miller, Master Mind Mapper

The Goal because it applies to much more than manufacturing.
~ Jerry Turnbow of Sound On Site Audio

Guerilla Marketing by Jay Conrad Levinson because it gives simple solutions and ideas about inexpensive marketing.
~ Sue Harrison of National Laser & Inkjet Cartridge Service

Richest Man in Babylon by George S Clason because there is wisdom in financial awareness.
~ Anthony Fountain of Speak With Increase

Let’s Discuss!  Have you read any of these books?  Is there a book that you believe should have made this list?

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