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Entrepreneur Journeys (Volume Two): Bootstrapping, Weapon Of Mass Reconstruction    by Sramana Mitra
Price: $9.99 USD. 66090 words. Published on May 1, 2009. .

Bootstrapping: Weapon Of Mass Reconstruction is Sramana Mitra’s second book in the Entrepreneur Journeys series. It takes aim at a core issue missed by most entrepreneurship books: bootstrapping as an essential route along the roadmap to startup success. In her characteristic narrative style, Mitra showcases a dozen entrepreneurs and their lessons from the bootstrapping trenches.
Entrepreneur Journeys (Volume Three): Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market    by Sramana Mitra
Price: $9.99 USD. 64950 words. Published on August 10, 2009. .

In the third book in her EJ series, Sramana offers a close look at the process of sculpting your idea into a sharply defined Go To Market strategy. Clarity, Mitra confirms, is the ultimate tool in building a successful business. But such clarity requires asking the right questions. Mitra showcases case study after case study of successful entrepreneurs & simulates a due diligence exercise.
Leadergized -    by Steven Clute
Price: $9.99 USD. 59100 words. Published on April 29, 2010. .

Common people need a different approach to leadership than Fortune 500 CEOs. Experience with family, friends, community, business, and Christianity make this a fun book. Anecdotes range from Christian leadership, business, managing disaster, to fatherhood. Leadergized inspires you to never give up! You receive new insights, ideas, activities, and tactics for being Leadergized.
The ABCs of Growth Companies    by Instancy Inc
Price: $9.99 USD. 104470 words. Published on August 31, 2010. .

Jim Verdonik, the founder of SecTec Publications, has advised successful and unsuccessful growth companies and investors for more than thirty years. His clients have ranged from very young companies to public companies across industries such as software, semiconductors, biotech, medical devices, computer games, venture capital investors and investment bankers.
Mind Your Business    by Ray Canfield
Price: $4.95 USD. 10110 words. Published on January 10, 2011. .

This business reference, compiled by two veteran entrepreneurs, is a must-read for beginners and a handy reference even for experienced people. Novices and veterans alike learn where to find venture capital if a bank loan is not available, and how to prepare a a dynamic business plan. This book is chock full of examples of both good and bad management, and good and bad leadership styles.
Getting a Life; Making a Living    by Alice Elliott Brown
Price: $3.99 USD. 53690 words. Published on January 19, 2011. .

Mastering your universe starts right here! If you've wanted to strike out on your own, but didn't know where to start, this is the practical handbook for you! Alice Elliott Brown skips the philosophy and goes straight to the keys -- how to do it, where to find help, and what to expect when you get there. A must-read guide for every new and would-be entrepreneur.
Mastering Inventions & Patents; Markets & Money    by Steven Overholt
Price: $9.99 USD. 119400 words. Published on March 20, 2011. .

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. Don’t be the one without it! This holistic guide brims with proven tools and strategies you can use to forge your idea into a business or licensing deal that creates great wealth. Surely this is the most complete "How-to" on this topic ever available to the public. Coverage is so complete, it would comprise 425 printed pages, with 375 topics in its table of contents.
The CEO's Handbook - Volume Three Getting Funded by Angel Investors    by Dr. Earl R Smith
Price: $4.99 USD. 22660 words. Published on April 9, 2011. .

I am indebted to those angel investors that I have worked with. Their willingness to talk openly about their mistakes - the opportunities foregone - as well as their successes - has made this book possible. Without that, I would just be writing fictional accounts of a process that I viewed from a non-investor perspective. I dedicate this book to all of them. They are, after all, angels
The CEO’s Handbook Volume Four - The Money Chase    by Dr. Earl R Smith
Price: $4.99 USD. 41350 words. Published on April 12, 2011. .

If the goal is getting funded - as opposed to ineffectively grousing about how unfair the world is and how narrow minded investors are - then founders need to understand the money chase from the investors point of view. Helping you do the latter is one of the major objectives of this book.
In Search of the Silver Bullet    by N B Schklair
Price: $1.69 USD. 19250 words. Published on June 16, 2011. .

This is a must-read, practical book about the new world of starting up a business in today’s economy. It's all about how to write a business plan, how to get funding (SBA, bank or venture capital) and making the right decisions to get to profitability immediately. The author brings a world of expertise about where to focus efforts in the early phases of a business start up.