Comments on: The Top 10 Small Business Books of 2009 http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/entrepreneur-university/best-small-business-books-of-2009/ Young Entrepreneur Forums - your online discussion forum to share and talk about Entrepreneurship. A place to learn and to help others with starting, managing and growing successful business ventures. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: admin http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/entrepreneur-university/best-small-business-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5581 admin Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:30:11 +0000 http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/?p=2630#comment-5581 @chris Jones: Thanks for your comment. I have made a note to add Startup Success to my reading list. @Joy Johnson: Great list! Added them to the reading list! Appreciate the detailed comment! @Chris Brogan: Thanks for the comment! You truly nailed it with Trust Agents and we continue to refer many Entrepreneurs to your book! All the best in 2010! -Adam Toren @chris Jones: Thanks for your comment. I have made a note to add Startup Success to my reading list.

@Joy Johnson: Great list! Added them to the reading list! Appreciate the detailed comment!

@Chris Brogan: Thanks for the comment! You truly nailed it with Trust Agents and we continue to refer many Entrepreneurs to your book! All the best in 2010!

-Adam Toren

]]> By: Chris Brogan... http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/entrepreneur-university/best-small-business-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5384 Chris Brogan... Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:59:48 +0000 http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/?p=2630#comment-5384 Hey thanks! I'm so happy that you included me in the list. I loved BUSINESS STRIPPED BARE. I wrote all over that book. There are notes on every few pages. I think Joy's list in your comments is pretty decent, too. : ) Hey thanks! I’m so happy that you included me in the list. I loved BUSINESS STRIPPED BARE. I wrote all over that book. There are notes on every few pages.

I think Joy’s list in your comments is pretty decent, too. : )

]]> By: Joy Johnson http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/entrepreneur-university/best-small-business-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5321 Joy Johnson Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:33:57 +0000 http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/?p=2630#comment-5321 Jon Gordon published both "Training Camp" and "The Shark and the Goldfish" in 2009. I view them as an important contribution because of the "you can do it" message and the way it's delivered. It's been a very tough year. It's been tough even for people who have personally had a great year because a feeling human being can't help but be affected by pain felt by others. A whole lot of people felt a whole lot of pain in 2009 and Jon Gordon, ever so gently, but firmly, gave us hope and the knowledge that we can make it. That's a good message in any year, but one that was desperately needed in 2009. Other top books not yet mentioned are "Six Pixels of Separation" by Mitch Joel, "Exploiting Chaos" by Jeremy Gutsche, and "Inbound Marketing" by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah. Another great book from early in the year was "It's Not What You Sell, It's What You Stand For: Why Every Extraordinary Business Is Driven by Purpose" by Roy M. Spence Jr. Michael Port's "The Think Big Manifesto" got a bit windy but it had the power to push ordinary people to do extraordinary things by making them ask, "really!!, why not me?" I also loved Bill Glazer's "Outrageous Advertising" because you can't help but think of things for your own business. Seth Godin, while being interviewed by John Jantsch, pointed out that most of us are not only boring, but are boring by design. I'm tired of being boring! I'm ready for a bit of the outrageous and Bill delivers! Jon Gordon published both “Training Camp” and “The Shark and the Goldfish” in 2009. I view them as an important contribution because of the “you can do it” message and the way it’s delivered. It’s been a very tough year. It’s been tough even for people who have personally had a great year because a feeling human being can’t help but be affected by pain felt by others. A whole lot of people felt a whole lot of pain in 2009 and Jon Gordon, ever so gently, but firmly, gave us hope and the knowledge that we can make it. That’s a good message in any year, but one that was desperately needed in 2009. Other top books not yet mentioned are “Six Pixels of Separation” by Mitch Joel, “Exploiting Chaos” by Jeremy Gutsche, and “Inbound Marketing” by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah. Another great book from early in the year was “It’s Not What You Sell, It’s What You Stand For: Why Every Extraordinary Business Is Driven by Purpose” by Roy M. Spence Jr. Michael Port’s “The Think Big Manifesto” got a bit windy but it had the power to push ordinary people to do extraordinary things by making them ask, “really!!, why not me?” I also loved Bill Glazer’s “Outrageous Advertising” because you can’t help but think of things for your own business. Seth Godin, while being interviewed by John Jantsch, pointed out that most of us are not only boring, but are boring by design. I’m tired of being boring! I’m ready for a bit of the outrageous and Bill delivers!

]]> By: Chris Jones http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/entrepreneur-university/best-small-business-books-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5292 Chris Jones Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:16:31 +0000 http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/?p=2630#comment-5292 Yes, I read Startup Success by Rieva Lesonsky and Ronan Keane. It covers a bunch of Web 2.0 sites entrepreneurs can use to run their business. Many of the sites are free or charge a couple of $ per month. Well worth reading. Yes, I read Startup Success by Rieva Lesonsky and Ronan Keane. It covers a bunch of Web 2.0 sites entrepreneurs can use to run their business. Many of the sites are free or charge a couple of $ per month. Well worth reading.

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