The National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship offers their annual Christmas Reading list (they don’t actually use the word Christmas, but I will). You can see all of their picks here.
These are a few that caught my eye:
Business Plan in a Day: Get It Done Right, Get It Done Fast!, Rhonda Abrams and Julie Vallone (Planning Shop, 2005).
I wish the world would stop being so obsessed with business plans. It is not the plan that is important, but the process of business planning. I hope that their recipe for a quick plan does not lead to superficial planning!! This one won’t be on my list to Santa.
How to Run Your Business Like a Girl: Successful Strategies from Entrepreneurial Women Who Made It Happen, Elizabeth Cogswell Baskin (Adams Media, 2005).
I have heard some good things about this book and its author.
The World According to Peter Drucker, Jack Beatty (Free Press, 1998).
A sentimental pick this year with the passing of Professor Drucker. I would package this book with Drucker’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which I still find myself referring to at least once a month. In fact, if any of you are looking for something for me this Christmas, I’d love an autographed first edition of this Drucker classic.
The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, Benjamin Friedman (Knopf, 2005).
I read the review on this one and ordered it before I even finished this post! I’ll let you know what I think about it early in 2006.
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