18 books like Built to Last

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Pushing Up People Art Williams · 1984 · ★ 4.5 · 173p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Pushing Up People is about time-tested, proven principles that will help you identify winners, get the most out of your people, help your people have fantastic success and, ultimately, push YOU to the top!! This was the definitive book that explained how to be a success in multi-level marketing - it is all about how to treat your people to create a winning team - Art Williams did it and so… Shares: Success in business, Business

Key performance indicators David Parmenter · 2007 · ★ 5.0 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Breathtaking in its simplicity and profound in its impact, Key Performance Indicators (KPI) distills the balanced scorecard process into twelve logical steps, equipping users with an implementation resource kit that includes questionnaires, worksheets, workshop outlines, and a list of over 500 performance measures. Author David Parmenter provides you with everything you need to master and… Shares: Economics, Business

Analysis of Economic Data Gary Koop · 2000 · 264p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Analysis of Economic Data teaches methods of data analysis to students whose primary interest is not in econometrics, statistics or mathematics. It shows students how to apply econometric techniques in the context of real-world empirical problems. It adopts a largely non-mathematical approach relying on verbal and graphical intuition and covers most of the tools used in modern econometrics… Shares: Economics, Business

Flying Blind Peter Robison · 2021 · ★ 4.2 · 333p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A fast-paced look at the corporate dysfunction--the ruthless cost-cutting, toxic workplaces, and cutthroat management--that contributed to one of the worst tragedies in modern aviation Boeing is a century-old titan of American industry. The largest exporter in the US, it played a central role in the early days of commercial flight, World War II bombing missions, and moon landings. It remains a… Shares: Economics, Business

The Power of Differentiation Barry LaBov · 2024 "If you want to make history with your brand, read this book!" - Jonathan Randall, President of Mack Trucks North AmericaTwo facts to consider. There are over 500,000 brands in 2,000 categories worldwide. And nearly fifty million Americans left their jobs in 2021 alone. Realizing all this underscores how challenging, critical, and rare a brand is to be valued and loved by not only its customers… Shares: Economics, Business

This Is Strategy Seth Godin · 2024 · ★ 4.1 A Best Non-Fiction Book of 2024 from The Next Big Idea Book Club and National Bestseller. From Seth Godin, one of the world's most influential business thinkers and bestselling author of This is Marketing, comes an essential guide to thinking strategically in a complex, ever-changing world."With his signature clarity and brevity, the marketing maven presents memorable, practical advice for making… Shares: Economics, Business

AI First Adam Brotman & Andy Sack · 2025 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate AI is going to change brand strategy and marketing forever. Are you ready?What does the rapid rise and astonishing rate of improvement of AI mean for brands in the next five years? Listen to what OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told authors Adam Brotman and Andy Sack when he met them: "It will mean that 95 percent of what marketers use agencies, strategists, and creative professionals for today will… Shares: Economics, Business

Principles of Economics Carl Menger · 1950 · ★ 3.0 · 328p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Carl Menger is considered the father of the Austrian School of Economics. His pioneering work, "Principles of Economics," published in 1871, not only introduced the concept of marginal analysis but also presented a radically new approach to economic analysis, which remains the core of Austrian theory of value and prices. For the beginner, "Principles of Economics" remains an excellent… Shares: Economics, Business

Secrets of Sand Hill Road Scott Kupor · 2019 · ★ 4.5 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "What are venture capitalists saying about your startup behind closed doors? And what can you do to influence that conversation? If Silicon Valley is the greatest wealth-generating machine in the world, Sand Hill Road is its humming engine. That's where you'll find the biggest names in venture capital, including famed VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, where lawyer-turned-entrepreneur-turned-VC Scott… Shares: Entrepreneurship, Business

Managing for Results Peter F. Drucker · 1964 · ★ 4.2 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The effective business, Peter Drucker observes, focuses on opportunities rather than problems. How this focus is achieved in order to make the organization prosper and grow is the subject of this companion to his classic, The Practice of Management. The earlier book was chiefly concerned with how management functions; this volume shows what the executive decision-maker must do to move his… Shares: Entrepreneurship, Industrial management, Economics, Business

Rework Jason Fried · 2010 · ★ 4.0 · 279p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. If you're looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf.Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business. Read it and you'll know why plans are actually harmful, why you don't need outside investors, and why you're better off ignoring the… Shares: Entrepreneurship, Industrial management, Business

Winning Jack Welch · 2005 · ★ 4.0 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate During his forty-year career at General Electric, Welch led the company to year-after-year success around the globe, in multiple markets, against brutal competition. His honest, be-the-best style of management became the gold standard in business, with his relentless focus on people, teamwork, and profits. Since Welch retired in 2001 as chairman and CEO of General Electric, he has traveled the… Shares: Industrial management, Success in business, Business

Marketing and Management Models Helen Strong · 2014 Modern business practice, especially in the field of marketing, depends on the integration of creative and analytical thinking. One of the tools in this process is the use of management models to guide business decisions. However, the inherent power of the models is only released when the people applying them have the ability to gather relevant information and interpret the relationships between… Shares: Industrial management, Business

I Will Teach You to Be Rich Ramit Sethi · 2009 · ★ 4.5 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate At last, for a generation that's materially ambitious yet financially clueless comes I Will Teach You To Be Rich, Ramit Sethi's 6-week personal finance program for 20-to-35-year-olds. A completely practical approach delivered with a nonjudgmental style that makes readers want to do what Sethi says, it is based around the four pillars of personal finance— banking, saving, budgeting, and… Shares: Entrepreneurship, Success in business, Business

Business essentials Ronald J. Ebert · 2002 · ★ 4.2 · 492p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Business Essentials continues to provide a solid foundation of the essential topics in business. Its focus on practical skills, knowledge of the basics, and important developments in business makes for a brief book, but a rich experience. The recent events in domestic and global economies are presenting unprecedented challenges, excitement, and disappointments for business--and a need for a… Shares: Industrial management, Business

Think big and kick ass in business and life Donald Trump · 2007 · ★ 4.6 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Donald J. Trump is an icon: the very definition of the American success story. The star of The Apprentice and developer of some of the planet's most prestigious real estate, he's been on the bottom and risen to become one of the world's wealthiest men.Bill Zanker started The Learning Annex with $5,000 and grew it into a $5 million a year company. That was before he met Donald Trump. Thirty months… Shares: Entrepreneurship, Success in business, Business

Leadership Wisdom from the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari Robin S. Sharma · 1998 · ★ 3.9 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate An absorbing, insightful story from Robin Sharma, bestselling author and internationally-renowned life coach, which unfolds the secrets to living a loving, successful and fulfilled life.Catherine, a top businesswoman with a young family, is the sister of Julian Mantle, the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. After being involved in a life-threatening accident, Catherine realises that, regardless of how… Shares: Industrial management, Success in business, Business

Basic Mathematics for Economists Mike Rosser · 2003 · 514p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Economics students will welcome the new edition of this excellent textbook. Mathematics is an integral part of economics and understanding basic concepts is vital. Given that many students come into economics courses without having studied mathematics for a number of years this clearly written book will help to develop quantitative skills in even the least numerate student up to the required… Shares: Economics, Business

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