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1523529 No.1523529 [Reply] [Original]

Hey looking for a good book about biz. No i dont expect to learn anything but i run my own small business and its fun. Im really looking for a book where it describes someones journey, talks about how they build their business up, it could even be fictional. This is more for entertainment than anything.

>> No.1523544

I like a lot of biz books, but for actual nuts & bolts, raw, detailed stuff about the journey?
Probably my top 3 are -

Anyone Can Do It - Bobby & Sahara Hashemi

How To Build a Great Business in Tough Times - Will King

Founders at Work - Jessica Livingston

All are very candid - I have many notes from these, a lot of 'Aha!' moments.
When it comes to methods, the stories are

50% 'holy shit, that's clever!'
And
50% 'holy shit, that's retarded!'

Also, possibly 20% is arguably immoral, unethical, and sometimes illegal.

It's refreshing, because I would delay and second-guess myself too much before I went into business, wondering if I'm as smart as I think I am, and 'is this ethical? I want money, but I want to live with myself, I don't wanna be a scumbag and just Jew people' - you see shady shit all the time you can't prove, but suspect.

I don't mean outright conning people, just a bit of 'bluff and bluster' aka bullshit, goes a long way.
If this is what they confess to, maybe the rest is best kept secret.

i.e. - If you need investment to keep a company afloat, it seems standard practice to 'bet the company' (aka a 'company bet') in other words, you say everything is fine, you just need another $100k capital to 'fortify your position' -
what you mean is, if you don't get another $100k, you're completely fucked, in which case it doesn't matter anyway, since you're out of business either way.
But most people don't want to hear the second scenario, even if it's the truth, they want to believe they are working for/with a winner.

'why is it called a con?
Because you give me your confidence?
No.
Because I give you mine.'
- House of Games

>> No.1523611

There's several MBA books, like Kaufman - The Personal MBA.