Build and Grow a Better Business
A practical path from testing an idea to building a business that can grow. Start with The Lean Startup, then 12 Months to $1 Million. Follow with Playing to...
- The Lean Startup by Eric Ries: Eric Ries explains how entrepreneurs can test business ideas through small experiments, customer feedback and continuous learning before committing to large-scale growth.
- 12 Months to $1 Million: How to Pick a Winning Product, Build a Real Business, and Become a Seven-Figure Entrepreneur by Ryan Daniel Moran: Moran outlines a staged plan for building a product business, from choosing customers and securing early sales to advertising and scaling. The focus is creating a repeatable business around a viable...
- Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works by Roger L. Martin, A.G. Lafley: Lafley and Martin explain strategy through five connected choices: aspiration, where to compete, how to win, capabilities and management systems. Examples from P&G show how those choices guide...
- Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine by Mike Michalowicz: Michalowicz proposes allocating money to profit before deciding what a business can spend. His cash-management system uses behavioural habits and separate allocations to encourage spending...
- Idea to Execution: How to Optimize, Automate, and Outsource Everything in Your Business by Ari Meisel: Meisel recounts building a virtual-assistant business with Nick Sonnenberg. The book explores using digital tools, process improvement, automation and outsourcing to turn a business idea into an...
- 10x Is Easier than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More by Doing Less by Dan Sullivan, Dr. Benjamin Hardy: Sullivan and Hardy argue that ambitious growth comes from concentrating on a smaller set of valuable activities. They connect entrepreneurial expansion with greater freedom of time, money...
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