Book 1: Why Good? Why Now?

Resources Mentioned in This Book

Business Mastery: A Guide for Creating a Fulfilling, Thriving Business and Keeping it Successful by Cherie Sohnen-Moe (Fourth Edition, Sohnen-Moe Associates, 2008).


Buying and Selling a Small Business (Small Business Administration). [http://www.sba.gov/content/selling-your-business]


Checklist for Going Into Business (Small Business Administration, 2009). [http://archive.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/sba_homepage/pub_mp12.pdf]


Duct Tape Marketing: The World’s Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide by John Jantsch (Thomas Nelson, 2008).


Guerilla Financing: Alternative Techniques to Finance Any Small Business by Bruce Blechman and Jay Conrad Levinson (Houghton Mifflin, 1992).


Guerrilla Marketing, 4th edition: Easy and Inexpensive Strategies for Making Big Profits from Your Small Business by Jay Conrad Levinson (Houghton-Mifflin, 2007).


Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen (Penguin, 2002).


How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life by Alan Lakein (Signet, 1989).


Offices at Work: Uncommon Workspace Strategies that Add Value and Improve Performance by Franklin Becker (Jossey-Bass 2004).


Rework by Jason Fried and David Hansson. (Crown, 2010).


Running a One-Person Business: Business as Lifestyle by Claude Whitmyer and Salli Rasberry with Michael Phillips. (Ten Speed Press, Second Edition, 1994).


Skillful Means: Patterns for Success by Tarthang Tulku (Dharma Press, 1978).


Starting and Managing a Small Business of Your Own (Small Business Administration). [http://www.sba.gov/category/navigation-structure/starting-managing-business]


Start-Up Money: Raise What You Need for Your Small Business by Jennifer Lindsey (John Wiley, 1989).


The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated: Expanded and Updated, With Over 100 New Pages of Cutting-Edge Content. by Tim Ferris. (Crown, second edition, 2010).


The Art of Time: Gain New Mastery over Your Life and the Power to Live Your Time Instead of Simply Spending It by Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber (Second edition. De Capo Press, 2000).


The End of Work as You Know It: 8 Strategies to Redefine Work on Your Own Terms by Milo Sindell and Thuy Sindel. (Ten Speed, 2009).


The Entrepreneur’s Complete Self-assessment Guide by Douglas A. Gray (Self-Counsel Press, 1990)


The Field Guide to Starting a Business by Stephen M. Pollan and Mark Levine (Simon & Schuster, 1990).


The Small Business Test by Colin Ingram (Ten Speed Press, 1990). [Out of print, but worth looking for.]


The Tao of Time by Diana Hunt and Pam Hait (Simon & Schuster, 1990).


The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield. (Grand Central, 2002).


Marketing Without Advertising: Easy Ways to Build a Business Your Customers Will Love and Recommend by Michael Phillips and Salli Rasberry (Nolo Press, 2008).


The Home Office Book: How to Set-Up and Use an Efficient Personal Workspace in the Computer Age by Mark Alvarez (Goodwood Press, 1990).


The Truth about Getting Things Done by Mark Fritz. (Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008)


Workplace by Design: Mapping the High-Performance Workscape by Franklin Becker and Fritz Steele (Jossey Bass 1995).

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