In this episode Alan Barrell takes a deep dive into his book, Show Me The Money, where he takes you on a real-life journey of creating a new business.

In his book, Barrell walks you through situations based on practitioners who got the basic right, know where the money is, have prepared for fundraising, know how to manage intellectual property, and understand the value their company brings.

This book is perfect for the entrepreneur that plans on utilizing investors to fund a startup and have difficulty managing the external factors involved in doing business.

About Alan Barrell:

“I live in the wonderful city of Cambridge where I would say we have the closes thing to Silicon Valley. I work part-time at the University of Cambridge as the Entrepreneur in Residence. I’ve done a lot of work with larger companies. I’m a scientist, turned businessman, turned investor.

The main inspiration was a huge interest in new business creation. It’s the new businesses and startups that are driving the economy of the world. I am passionate about new company startups as a means of growing economies and societies.” – Alan Barrell

For a detailed summary of Show Me The Money according to Alan Barrell CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Walk Away Wealthy by Mark Tepper

From Idea to Exit by Jeffrey Weber

PACE by Jesse Mecham

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Category Tags: Cambridge, jerry mcguire, new business, need money, start a business, start up, jim collins, built to last, investors, silicon valley, find cash, fundraising, campaigning

In this episode Shane Snow shares his book, Smartcuts, where he shows you how hackers, innovators, and icons accelerate success.

In his book, Snow teaches you how you can do more than you are doing and do it faster than you think by thinking about things smarter. He also explains how you can find the business secrets to shorten your path to success in real life and divides the book into three main sections of how this happens based on hundreds of interviews with incredible people.

This book is perfect for the entrepreneur who has the motivation to be super successful but wants to accomplish ideas at a faster pace.

About Shane Snow:

“I grew up in Idaho and live in New York City now. I first studied computer science and became a web entrepreneur and then I moved over to journalism. I moved to New York to be a journalist with a dream of writing for Wired Magazine and writing about Tech got me to start my own tech startup.

I was fascinated by people and businesses that seemed to beat expectations. As an entrepreneur myself I was curious how they did it and was looking for the patterns.” – Shane Snow

For a detailed summary of Smartcuts according to Shane Snow CLICK HERE

Related Books:

People Tools for Business by Alan Fox

Work Smarter by Nick Loper

Getting Things Done by David Allen

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Category Tags: tech startup, success in real life, amplify work, setting goals, business secrets, work smarter, hackers, innovators, inventors, accelerate success, work faster, new apps, latest apps

Webber takes us through the entrepreneurial journey with his book, From Idea to Exit. There are four stages of the entrepreneurs' journey: idea, startup, runnning, and exit stage. Webber covers detailed analysis for each stage from the initial ideas, the pit falls, demand generation, fulfillment, taking action to move-on, and an exceptional planned exit strategy. This book is an excellent resource for all stages of entrepreneurship.

In this episode Pejman Ghadimi, also known as PJ, shares his book, Third Circle Theory where he reveals the birth of entrepreneurship.

In his book, Ghadimi provides you with a reflection of yourself through the different stages you will go through in life in order to become an entrepreneur. After reading his book you will walk away understanding how much more of life you have control of than you actually think.

This book is perfect for the wantrepreneur who is searching for a way into entrepreneurship by overcoming fear and ultimately taking control of life.

About Pejman Ghadimi:

“I am the founder of The Secret Entourage. My background was spending about six years as an Executive Vice President for Fortune 500 and from there I went on to start two seven figure businesses, one in consulting and the other in the luxury lifestyle arena. And later found that money was no longer the focus in my life and therefore founded Secret Entourage to help younger individuals who don’t have access to great leadership, mentorship or education find the real life knowledge for free.

My mom was the inspiration that led me to becoming very self-aware and the books ideology is about helping others become very self-aware. The inspiration was ultimately seeing her life of sacrifice and really giving birth to all the learning that I have had the opportunity to learn throughout the years into this book.” – Pejman Ghadimi

For a detailed summary of Third Circle Theory according to Pejman Ghadimi CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Make Money Live Wealthy by Austin Netzley

The Millionaire Master Plan by Roger Hamilton

Three Feet From Gold by Greg Reid

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Category Tags: be an entrepreneur, life awareness, overcome fear, start with why, simon sinek, leading people, self control, life hacks, happiness, build relationships, entrepreneurship

In this episode Micah Yost takes a deep dive into his book, Rhythm, where he addresses the problem when entrepreneurs know they need to be creative, but essentially lack the ability.

In his book, Yost provides you with a field guide for solving this problem with a purpose to boost your creative confidence with a solid and approachable guideline to become consistently effective at innovation.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who lack the ability to generate ideas or have ideas they have yet seen to succeed.

About Micah Yost:

“I live right in the middle of the country in Omaha Nebraska and work with an awesome group of creative people at a company called Elevate where we do digital brand and design. My undergrad is in the arts and my graduate degree is in business. I’ve spent the past decade working right at that intersection of creativity, innovation and business.

I was on an airplane a couple months back flying into Tennessee to speak at a conference called Everywhere Else. I was planning on talking about something else but I have a rhythm of my own of going back and scrubbing my notes. I came upon a question of what would it look like to really make creativity and innovation consistently executable and out of that came an equation that I write about in the book and it turned into the talk that I gave during the conference. It spurred a lot of questions and conversation at the conference so I felt like I wanted to take it further and try to address that issue.” – Micah Yost

For a detailed summary of Rhythm according to Micah Yost CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Invent, Reinvent, Thrive by Lloyd Shefsky

The Innovator’s Method by Nathan Furr

The Road to Reinvention by Josh Linkner

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Category Tags: become creative, innovate, invent, reinvent, new ideas, create things, brainstorming, personal influence, make great things happen, build innovation, cool stuff

In this episode Steve Scott shares his book, Habit Stacking, where you will discover 97 quick habits that can instantly change your life.

In his book, Scott teaches you to discover how to manage a simple routine that you can repeat on a daily basis along with a few tools that will keep you motivated and consistent.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs like you who want to make giant leaps forward in business, strengthen personal relationships, stay on top of finances, get organized, and improve health and fitness.

About Steve Scott:

“I have been self-employed for the last 10 years in a variety of internet businesses specifically the last two years I have been into Kindle publishing. I got into habit development because I wanted to improve my own life and now I write books that come from my personal experience and things I have talked about with other people.

To be honest it came from a position of frustration. I wanted to figure out a way to put the little habits into a single routine and for a year I did this every single day first thing in the morning. One day I was trying to come up with a name for a book and I figured that this might be something that others find valuable.” – Steve Scott

For a detailed summary of Habit Stacking according to Steve Scott CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Smartcuts by Shane Snow

People Tools For Business by Alan Fox

Work Smarter by Nick Loper

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Category Tags: habits, change your life, moving forward, motivation, small habits, productivity, health, wellness, fitness, stress relief

In his book, Michalowicz shows you the correct formula for success as opposed to the original from Generally Accepted Accounting Principles of GAAP. He proposes a new formula about selling as much as you can, extract your profit from your business first and then pay your expenses with the remainder. His approach changes the entire paradigm.

This book is perfect for all entrepreneurs who have based their businesses profitability on the formula of sales minus expenses equals profit. By taking the advice from this book, there will be less money for expenses, your behavior will change and you will find ways to get the same things done with less money.

About Mike Michalowicz:

“I am an author targeted toward small business books and how to grow them to be successful and competitive in market. I challenge all the beliefs that are out there about growing a business and study other businesses to find the current formula for success.

After selling my second company I thought I knew the formula to success and became full of myself. I decided to become an angel investor, took my own money and started 10 companies and threw money at these businesses believing that the only thing that mattered was my involvement. This ended up being a train wreck and caused me to lose basically every penny I put in it. The day I lost my last penny became a defining moment for me and the realization that what I thought was the formula to success was in fact wrong. I thought that profit was an event and I became to realize that profit is not an event, it’s a habit.” – Mike Michalowicz

For a detailed summary of Profit First according to Mike Michalowicz CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Show Me The Money by Alan Barrell

High Profit Selling by Mark Hunter

Hyper Sales Growth by Jack Daly

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Category Tags: how to profit, increase profits, accounting tips, expenses, sales, cost of goods, formula to success, rod beckstrom, GAAP, formula for business, finance, quickbooks, Thomson reuters, balance sheet

In this episode Mike Michalowicz takes a deep dive into his bestselling book, The Pumpkin Plan, where he helps you implement a unique strategy for growing your business.

In his book, Michalowicz utilizes the techniques that farmers use to grow colossal pumpkins. His theory is that pumpkin farming provides some similarities in growing a successful business and he provides you all of the steps to do so.

This book is perfect for entrepreneurs and business owners who are struggling to grow their business and have too many tasks on their plate. Michalowicz gives you the steps to focus on that one thing you do well and becoming a master at it so you can experience colossal growth.

About Mike Michalowicz:

I am an author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, The Pumpkin Plan and Profit First. I write books to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses. I challenge all the beliefs that are around because I believe most of our beliefs are hurting our businesses and propose new ways to do it.

I started studying colossal pumpkin farmers and I realized that they basically follow the same process as ordinary pumpkin farmers do but change a few elements. Just by changing 5% or 10% of the growing process the pumpkin responds with explosive growth. I figured that if you can do this natural, why not do it with businesses and I put it to the test.

For a detailed summary of The Pumpkin Plan according to Mike Michalowicz CLICK HERE

Related Books:

How To Get Unstuck: 25 Ways to Get Your Business Growing Again by Barry Moltz

Zero To One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters

Vision To Reality by Honoree Corder

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Category Tags: growing business, pumpkin farming, colossal pumpkins, hurting business, hiring employees, firing employees, Robert cialdini, scaling up, big business

In this episode Mike Michalowicz shares his book, The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, where he gives you the business tools to get ready for building a business and the kick in the behind to get started.

In his book, Michalowicz provides his perception on what entrepreneurship is and how you can navigate starting and building a business when you have no resources. The difference between this book and others like it is Michalowicz connects entrepreneurship to the bathroom experience when we find a way to survive on a very small amount of toilet paper.

This book is perfect for the aspiring entrepreneur who needs the tools to startup when they don't have money and for the established entrepreneur in need of realigning their business.

About Mike Michalowicz:

“I am an author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, The Pumpkin Plan and Profit First. Prior to becoming an author I was a fulltime entrepreneur growing a couple companies and today the forefront of my activities is writing books and talking about them.

I wanted to challenge all the academic reads that were out there. I believe there are a lot of great content books but most of the books I was reading about business you have to bore your way through it. And so I decided to write my perception of what entrepreneurship is and how you can navigate starting and building a business when you have no resources.” – Mike Michalowicz

For a detailed summary of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur according to Mike Michalowicz CLICK HERE

Related Books:

The Pumpkin Plan by Mike Michalowicz

Profit First by Mike Michalowicz

The Entrepreneur Mind by Kevin D. Johnson

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Category Tags: entrepreneurship, building a business, growing a business, bathroom, business survival, startup advice, no money, bootstrapping

In this episode Charlie Houpert takes a dive into his book, Charisma on Command, where he shares his personal story on how he went from extreme introvert to an extrovert all on his own.

In his book, Houpert gives you an in depth action guide to improving your social skills through conversing, presenting, and conveying positive feelings.

This book is perfect for all types of entrepreneurs who are introverts trapped in a comfort bubble when it comes to socializing with others or extroverts who need to polish their social listening skills and charm.

About Charlie Houpert:

“I grew up on the east coast, lived in a bunch of different places but right now I am living in Vegas. I run a company called Charisma on Command with my best friends and co-founder. The whole point of this company is to teach people to be more charismatic and to do it on command.

I grew up incredibly shy, voted the shyest kid in my high school class of over 500 people and lived that way through college. At some point I got fed up with it, went abroad and dedicated myself to reinventing who I was. I dove into books, put myself in uncomfortable situations, took a bunch of improv classes and now people come up to me surprised how outgoing and comfortable I am. This has transformed my life more profoundly than anything else I’ve done and something I really enjoy sharing with other people.” – Charlie Houpert

For a detailed summary of Charisma on Command according to Charlie Houpert CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Habit Stacking by Steve J Scott

Third Circle Theory by Pejman Ghadimi

The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod

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Category Tags: social skills, body language, how to present yourself, first impressions, how to network, build relationships, the wedding ringer, eye contact, talking to women, pickup lines, self esteem, tim ferriss, uncomfortable situations, meet people

In this episode Natalie Sisson takes a deep dive into her book, The Suitcase Entrepreneur, where she reveals the ups and downs of traveling while running a business.

In her book Sisson takes you through 3 different acts where you will learn about freedom and adventure, how to build an online business you can run from anywhere, and how to live out of a suitcase.

This book is perfect for the entrepreneur who wants to choose their own adventure in order to do whatever they want in life including traveling the world.

About Natalie Sisson:

“I have been traveling and living out of my suitcase for four full years now. I have no home and am the suitcase entrepreneur. I love to create a ton of freedom and adventure in my life and those of others. I’ve build a brand and a business based around doing that and helping people build profitable businesses they can run from anywhere.

I have been doing this for such a long time now and I felt I finally had a book in me to write about. I wanted to share my journey and how people have been doing this for themselves, building crazy awesome lifestyles but also very successful businesses, in a book format. I’ve always wanted to write a book and I finally felt I had enough knowledge and expertise to share. I am very much action focused and that’s what I wanted my book to be, the most practical guide for creating a business you love from anywhere.” – Natalie Sisson

For a detailed summary of The Suitcase Entrepreneur according to Natalie Sisson CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Lifestyle Entrepreneur by Jesse Krieger

Virtual Freedom by Chris Ducker

The Happiness of Pursuit by Chris Guillebeau

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Category Tags: traveling, online business, homeless business, remote desktop, working from home, vacation destinations, entrepreneurship, eventual millionaire, lifestyle entrepreneur, extraordinary things, the rich life, living the dream

In this episode Brad Stone shares his national bestselling book, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and The Age of Amazon, he unveils the inspiration and the real business lessons learned from creating such a large company. Stone takes you on a journey through the life of Jeff Bezos as he built Amazon from the ground up and is meant to be a story that all entrepreneurs and business owners can relate to. This book is perfect for the entrepreneur who wants to learn the ins-and-outs, the trials-and-errors, and the ups-and-downs of growing a business from average to amazing.

About Brad Stone:

“I am a senior writer at Bloomberg Businessweek magazine and author of The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon. It came out last October, won the Goldman Sachs/Financial Times Business book of the year award and just came out in paperback.

I’ve covered Silicon Valley for about 15 years now for the New York Times, Newsweek Magazine and BusinessWeek and in those times I’ve seen a lot of my colleagues write great books about the other technology companies that are changing our lives. And for whatever reason no one had done a really great job on writing a book about Amazon and I thought it was time to take an in-depth look on its history and all the obstacles’ it’s had to navigate.” – Brad Stone

For a detailed summary of The Everything Store according to Brad Stone CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters

Startup Mixology by Frank Gruber

Exponential Organizations By Salim Ismail

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Category Tags: Jeff Bezos, amazon success, real business lessons, silicon valley, ecommerce store, culture of amazon, startup success, build a startup, inside a business, amazon prime, buy online, online selling

In this episode Lloyd Shefsky takes you on a deep dive into his book, Invent Reinvent Thrive, where he unveils some keys to success for any startup, entrepreneur, or family business. In his book, Shefsky takes you on a journey of reinvention to explain the difference between generations, how to build confidence, how to reinvent yourself, how to deal with naysayers, how to reinvent a business, and the lessons learned from very successful entrepreneurs and family business owners. This book is perfect for the entrepreneur who is struggling to find success and is at a loss for moving forward.

About Lloyd Shefsky:

“I am a Clinical Professor at the Kellogg School of Management. I wrote Entrepreneurs Are Made Not Born which became a best-seller and now in eight languages. I have been teaching entrepreneurship for about 18 years both at the Kellogg School, China, Japan and other places. I consult with entrepreneurs; consult with family business people and the founder/co-director of the Center for Family Enterprises.

For quite some time I’ve been bothered by what makes some people successful both entrepreneurs and family business people and none of the typical factors were working. For a while I thought it would be confidence that I would be looking at but after a few interviews it became clear that what distinguished the successful and non-successful was the concept that they had to continually reinvent themselves. So when I was seeing all this it became clear that there was a great similarity in this reinvention concept.” – Lloyd Shefsky

For a detailed summary of Invent Reinvent Thrive according to Lloyd Shefsky CLICK HERE

Related Books:

The Innovator's Method by Nathan Furr

The Pumpkin Plan by Mike Michalowicz

The Road To Reinvention by Josh Linkner

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Category Tags: reinvention, keys to success, scaling a business, success stories, business change, downsizing, startup advise, innovate

In this episode Alexandra Watkins shares her book, Hello My Name is Awesome, where she teaches you how to create brand names that stick.

In her book, Watkins delivers the real insights into naming a business and clever ways to create a slogan so entrepreneurs can learn the proper techniques for branding business.

This book is perfect for the entrepreneur or small business owner who does not have the budget to hire the services of a branding agency, but has the will power to learn how to do it themselves.

About Alexandra Watkins:

“I am a self-taught person who didn’t go to college. When I was in eighth grade I knew I wanted to be in advertising and I was able to talk my way into an internship with an ad agency. I eventually landed at Ogilvy and Mather. I talked my way into becoming a namer at Lander while on a Match.com date. I am an interesting person and traveled to more than 45 countries including Libya, Zimbabwe and Cuba.

I did not want to write a book, my parents are authors and I know that writing a book is a lot of work for not always a lot of money. I got an e-mail from a publishing company asking if I had ever thought about writing a book. I didn’t jump on it right away. I struggled with if I wanted to take all that time writing a book. I deliberated about three weeks over it until I finally decided to do it and I am so glad I did! About 90% of people who contact my company can’t afford us and I thought the book would be something that they could get and help them on their own.” – Alexandra Watkins

For a detailed summary of Hello, My Name Is Awesome according to Alexandra Watkins CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Lean Branding by Laura Busche

A World Gone Social by Ted Coine and Mark Babbitt

Digital Bacon by Alex Rodriguez

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Category Tags: branding, personal branding, advertising tips, marketing ads, advertisements, naming a business, facebook ads, google adwords, branding business, create a logo, logo design, business stationary

In this episode Brandon Epstein shares his book, Limitless Energy, where he provides 10 simple daily habits to naturally boost energy. Epstein is a firm believer that when you provide enough energy it allows you to take all the other tools you have at your disposal and use them with much more effectiveness.

In his book Epstein walks you through 10 daily habits to create sustainable and limitless energy such as breathing properly, hydration, meditation, nutrition, and much more.

This book is perfect for the very busy and resourceful entrepreneur who needs an extra boost of energy in order to perform with greater effectiveness.

About Brandon Epstein:

“I have a company called Entrepreneur Fitness where we take all the inspiration and tools possible, through it up on EntrepreneurFitness.com where we provide resources for entrepreneurs to help them take their game to the next level.

I was a professional fitness model that turned into an Entrepreneur with an app company and I realized while getting into entrepreneurship that the #1 important resource to me was energy. I did not see any resources out there specifically targeting entrepreneurs promising limitless energy.” – Brandon Epstein

For a detailed summary of Limitless Energy according to Brandon Epstein CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Body of Work by Pamela Slim

The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod

The Greatness Zone by Jay Forte

Hit The Mark by Erik Fisher

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Category Tags: personal health, sustained energy, increased focus, better health, healthy nutrition, gluten free, daily habits, boost energy, oxygenation, entrepreneur fitness

In this episode Ronen Gafni and Simcha Gluck take a deep dive into their book, The New Entrepreneurz. In their book, Gafni and Gluck talk about entrepreneurship as a mindset and you can have a mindset of an entrepreneur even if you won’t have a business. A lot of books on entrepreneurship are from authors who are at the end of their journey and this book starts in the middle. As you read each chapter you will find yourself participating in a fun, bite-size lesson you can apply to your life or business. This book is perfect for the wantrepreneur or first-time entrepreneur who has yet to fully grasp the concept and evolution of entrepreneurship today.

About Ronen Gafni and Simcha Gluck:

“My name is Ronen Gafni, I am 42 years old, have two kids and live in Israel. I developed a game called FreshBiz, it’s the game for development of independent real thinking. It’s been a journey for the past 10 years. Simcha and I have been touring the globe playing the game with over 20 thousand people from 20 different countries bringing the message of a new mindset towards business and entrepreneurship.

My name is Simcha Gluck. I’m the Chief Fun Officer of Fresh Biz, I co-author the book with Ronen and I’ve been a serial entrepreneur since I was 20 years old and am currently 35. I am originally from New York but now live in Israel with my wife.

While traveling and training entrepreneurs all over the world in different communities we started to see that entire face of what entrepreneurship has typically been over the past 10, 50 or 100 years has completely changed. It was important to us to write a book that features a new way of looking at things and living in the new shared economy that we are in. That is the inspiration for The New Entrepreneurz, the new people who literally are changing the way they play life one game at a time.” – Ronen Gafni and Simcha Gluck

For a detailed summary of The New Entrepreneurz according to Ronen and Simcha CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Everyday Entrepreneurs by Ken Horn

The New Rich by David Moore

The Freaks Shall Inherit The Earth by Chris Brogan

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Category Tags: entrepreneurship, young entrepreneurs, evolution of business, freshbiz, smart business, business game, life hacking, business hacking, change the game

In this episode Kevin Short shares his book, Sell Your Business for an Outrageous Price. In his book, Short unveils over 5 years of research in selling businesses combined with over 25 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions. Unlike other books that teach you how to sell your business, this book takes you one step further to prepare business owners like you in getting more than twice what your business is worth. Sell Your Business for an Outrageous Price is the perfect book for business owners looking to sell their organization that are making between 10 and 100 million dollars in revenue.

About Kevin Short:

“I am the Managing Partner and CEO of Clayton Capital Partners. I have been in investment banking, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, for 25 years. I’m married and a father of four girls who keep me busy all of the time.

I’ve done hundreds of deals in my M&A career and about 10 years ago I began to see this phenomenon of taking a company to market, expecting to get a 5 multiple of earnings and someone bids a 10 multiple. This made me wonder why one computer would be able to rationalize paying twice as much than the average multiple. About five years ago I started researching this information and started writing this book.” – Kevin Short

For a detailed summary of Sell Your Business for an Outrageous Price according to Kevin Short CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Walk Away Wealthy by Mark Tepper

The Final Act of Ownership by Jerry Baltus

Show Me The Money by Alan Barrell

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Category Tags: exit plan, selling a business, business for sale, mergers, acquisitions, investment banking, commercial real estate

In this episode Nadya Zhexembayeva takes a deep dive into her book, Overfished Ocean Strategy. This book is not your typical guide on how to be innovative, but instead is a survival plan for your business during times of recession. The goal for Zhexembayeva is to provide you and other small business owners with a look into the future of the global economy along with successful stories of businesses that are driving innovation and strategic realignment in order to survive.

About Nadya Zhexembayeva:

“I am a business owner in the consulting world and teach at business schools around the world to primarily executives. I have been working in executive education since 2006 nonstop.

I wanted to find a new way of innovated business models and strategies for companies and started researching ways to do that. I was trying to understand what makes companies enter this new domain and what makes the path successful for those who succeed in this approach. This was kind of accidental research and a few publishers asked me if I’d consider writing a book about this particular topic.” – Nadya Zhexembayeva

For a detailed summary of Overfished Ocean Strategy according to Nadya Zhexembayeva CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters

Aligning Strategy and Sales by Frank Cespedes

Exponential Organizations by Salim Ismail

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Category Tags: innovation, resources, recession, future of business, strategic realignment, business strategy, supply and demand

In this episode Barry Moltz shares his book, How To Get Unstuck, where he helps entrepreneurs identify the top pain points they are stuck on. His book takes you through the major areas where entrepreneurs tend to get stuck such as marketing, sales, management leadership, social media, and customer service.

About Barry Moltz:

“I work with small businesses to get people unstuck and had three businesses the last 20 years. The first business went out of business, the second business I was kicked out by my two partners and the third business I was lucky enough to sell in July of 1999 and paid back the bank the 1.3 million I owed them.

There are a lot of books out there that focus on one specific area where they help start entrepreneurs get their company off the ground. What happens is a lot of people start a business and after two or three years the business isn’t where they thought it would be and that’s typically because they are stuck in one of five areas. I identify the top 25 things that are going through their minds where they are stuck and show them how to get unstuck.” – Barry Moltz

For a detailed summary of How To Get Unstuck according to Barry Moltz CLICK HERE
Related Books:

The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur by Mike Michalowicz

Body of Work by Pamela Slim

People Tools for Business by Alan Fox

Smartcuts by Shane Snow

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Category Tags: business shortcuts, overcome failure, stuck in a rut, life hacks, growing a business, dangerous risks, fear of falling, multitasking, sales and marketing

In this episode Charlie Gilkey takes a dive into his book, The Small Business Lifecycle. Unlike other business books that focus solely on marketing and sales, The Small Business Lifecycle discusses how to grow your business through different lifecycles. This book is unique in that it offers entrepreneurs and small business owner real challenges, opportunities, and inconvenient truths about running a small business.

About Charlie Gilkey:

“I founded and run a website called Productive Flourishing which is about helping creative people take their ideas and make something good happen in the world. It’s not so much for the dreamer; it’s for the inspired doer. Before starting Productive Flourishing I was simultaneously completing my PhD in Philosophy which I am still working on and I was an Army Joint Force Military Logistics coordinator.

I’m a business coach and worked with a range of people who would come to me trying to do things that they were either told to do or read about that were inappropriate for their business. I found that it was just too early for that particular business lifecycle for them to be focused on that particular thing. This book came from speeches where I would try to help entrepreneurs and small business owners really figure out where they were so they could take the appropriate next steps. And it eventually folded into a book where I added more to it. So the inspiration was largely based on observation and the amount of pain that people were in just because they were doing the wrong things at the wrong time.” – Charlie Gilkey

For a detailed summary of The Small Business Lifecycle according to Charlie Gilkey CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Profit First by Mike Michalowicz

The Risk Driven Business Model by Serguei Netessine

Startup Mixology by Frank Gruber

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Category Tags: small business owners, entrepreneurship, business growth, sales cycle, starting a business, books for small business, running a business, grow your business

In this episode Michael J Maher takes a deep dive into his book, The Seven Levels of Communication, which is the perfect guide for entrepreneurs who need help becoming an effective communicator and building strong relationships. The purpose of this sales book is to help you quit marketing to strangers and start communicating with friends. As a best-seller for over 4 years, 7L teaches you that giving generously and allowing time to build relationships is the key to establishing a successful business.

About Michael Maher:

“For many years I made the American dream come true for buyers of homes and helped them create the ultimate client experience. I have a real estate company in Kansas City and coach, train and oversee over 1,500 real estate personalities. In 2004 I was introduced to the world as North Americas most preferred real estate professional and once that happened I started speaking about how to generate referrals. Ten years later and my last audience had over 50 different professions, entrepreneurs and small business owners. The Seven Levels of Communication has been #1 on Amazon for almost four years. And we are re-launching the second edition on September 2nd.

I was introduced as North Americans most preferred Real Estate professional by Howard Brinton and he made me a Star Power Star which in real estate at the time was an ultimate achievement. When he did that my phone rang off the hook, e-mails blew up and everybody was asking me questions of how I got to that point. I decided I need to write a book with the answer instead of giving them a tidbit of information.”  - Michael Maher

For a detailed summary of The Seven Levels of Communication according to Michael Maher CLICK HERE

Related Books:

Charisma On Command by Charlie Houpert

Hello My Name Is Awesome by Alexandra Watkins

EDGY Conversations by Dan Waldschmidt

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Category Tags: relationship marketing, how to get referrals, new marketing tactics, real estate marketing, real estate agent, how to sell, The Greatest Salesman, build relationships

In this episode George Berkowski shares his book for entrepreneurs interested in the mobile app development business. This book is the original guide for showing you how to create an app and what you need to know about the app industry. If you are interested in creating iPhone apps or Android apps and want to get into the mobile business this is a must read for you.

About George Berkowski:

“I’ve been involved in startups, technology and all that kind of stuff ever since graduating Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I have been working in a variety of different startups, both successful and non from the very beginning. Most recently I was a part of the early team at the International Taxi app called Hailo. Started a few startups before that and then wanted to focus on a new venture which is what lead to this book.

There really isn’t anything out there in terms of books about mobile centric businesses. Given that apps have only been around for very few years, there has been very little in the way of explaining the background behind building a sustainable mobile business. Since it wasn’t really there and I was neck deep in the whole thing I decided to actually put it all together.” – George Berkowski

For a detailed summary of How To Build A Billion Dollar App according to George Berkowski CLICK HERE

Related Books:    

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters

Startup Mixology by Frank Gruber

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Category Tags: mobile apps, iphone app, android app, mobile marketing, social media marketing, app development, app design, Apple developers, mobile business, BYOD, steve jobs, jeff Bezos, sergei brin