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Articles & Links

Here are some great resources for entrepreneurs, innovators, and established business leaders.

Articles

Interesting articles:

Forbes, "The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives." http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/01/02/the-seven-habits-of-spectacularly-unsuccessful-executives/

AZ Starnet, "With concerted effort, Tucson can become next mini-Silicon Valley." http://azstarnet.com/news/opinion/with-concerted-effort-tucson-can-become-next-mini-silicon-valley/article_22900aca-4bf3-59b7-acaa-d3f9e07ef956.html#ixzz1jjVaCwSP

Kauffman Sketchbook, "Money Game - Where do Entrepreneurs Get their Money?" http://bcove.me/9h9mrdh4

Geekwire, 17 Things I Wish I'd Known: www.geekwire.com/2011/17-starting-business

Mashable.com, Anna Lindow: 5 Online Learning Resources to Help You Run a Better Business

Harvard Business Review:  Nine Things Successful People Do Differently

Wall Street Journal Online: With New Technology, Start-Ups Go Lean

FOX Business, Small Business Center: Five Worst Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Pitching Angel Investors

Ted Talks, Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action

Websites
Books

  • Abrams, Rhonda. Business Plan in a Day: Get It Done Right, Get It Done Fast!
  • Abrams, Rhonda. Successful Business Plan: Secrets & Strategies (Successful Business Plan Secrets and Strategies).
  • Burke, Barbara. The Napkin The Melon & The Monkey: How to Be Happy and Successful by Simply Changing Your Mind.
  • Christensen, Clayton M. The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business Essentials).
  • Collins, Jim. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Others Don't.
  • Cottrell, David, Alice Adams, Juli Baldwin. Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can't Afford to Miss.
  • Drummond, James H. Marketing's 10 Deadly Sins (and How to Avoid Them).
  • Gitomer, Jeffrey. Jessica McDougall, Paul "Doc" Hersey. Jeffrey Gitomer's Little Book of Leadership: The 12.5 Strengths of Responsible, Reliable, Remarkable, and Resilient Leaders.
  • Gitomer, Jeffrey. Jessica McDougall, Rachel Russotto. Jeffrey Gitomers Little Red Book of Sales
  • Answers: 99.5 Real World Answers That Make Sense, Make Sales, and Make Money.
  • Gitomer, Jeffrey. The Little Platinum Book of Cha-Ching.
  • Gladwell, Malcolm. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking.
  • Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference.
  • Gladwell, Malcolm. What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures.
  • Godin, Seth. Purple Cow, New Edition: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable.
  • Godin, Seth. Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us.
  • Kawasaki, Guy. The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything.
  • Kim, W. Chan. Renee Mauborgne. Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant.
  • Lewis, Jim. Five Deadly Sins CEOs Make in Sales.
  • Lencioni, Patrick. The Five Temptations of a CEO, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Leadership Fable
  • (J-B Lencioni Series).
  • McKinley, Mac. Marketing Alignment: Breakthrough Strategies for Growth and Profitability.
  • Moore, Geoffrey A. Crossing the Chasm.
  • Moore, Geoffrey A. Inside the Tornado: Strategies for Developing, Leveraging, and Surviving Hypergrowth
  • Markets (Collins Business Essentials).
  • Osterwalder, Alexander. Yves Pigneur. Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries,
  • Game Changers, and Challengers.
  • Schramm, Carl J. The Entrepreneurial Imperative: How America's Economic Miracle Will Reshape the World (and Change Your Life).
  • Thorpe, Scott. How to Think Like Einstein: Simple Ways to Break the Rules and Discover Your Hidden Genius.
  • Treacy, Michael. Fred Wiersema. The Discipline of Market Leaders: Choose Your Customers, Narrow Your Focus, Dominate Your Market.

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