Top Tools for Entrepreneurs – Entrepreneur Poll Update

August 8, 2008

We've asked you what the most useful tools are to your business to build a valuable list for young entrepreneurs to be able to refer to. So far the top results are:

#1: Pencil /Pen and Paper

#1: Websites
(Young Entrepreneur Forums, Interactive Business Planner, valuebasedmanagement.net, Docstoc.com, Huddle.net, Scanr.com)

#3: RSS Reader / Google Reader

#3: Books
(Redstone Sumner’s, Thomas Friedman’s last edition of “The World is Flat”, Rich Dad Poor Dad, How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie), A New Earth (Earkhart Tolle), Loosing my Virginity (Richard Branson)

The other ideas that have been submitted so far are:

  • A virtual assistant
  • Twitter
  • Your own blog
  • iPhone3G
  • Business cards
  • Your network
  • A personal computer
  • Mentors
  • Independent and major media news
  • Your peers
  • An internet connection

So far it has been an impressive list of suggestions! Is the pen / paper combination the most useful tool for entrepreneurs or are various online tools more helpful? Do you find RSS readers or business books to have been more valuable to you or perhaps another one of the suggestions listed?

Have your say in our Entrepreneur Forum post here.

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Matthew Toren is an award winning author, serial entrepreneur and investor. He co-founded YoungEntrepreneur.com along with his brother Adam. Matthew is co-author of the newly released book:Small Business, Big Vision: 'Lessons on How to Dominate Your Market from Self-Made Entrepreneurs Who Did it Right‚ and also co-author of Kidpreneurs.
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