Are you a budding entrepreneur or business man? Well if you are planning on starting out on trying to establish your own business, you have to know the tricks of the trade. Of course, the best way to learn this is through actual and firsthand experience, but amateurs never have this advantage, so you must take the next best option: education. Gathering the adequate and appropriate information regarding the world of business should be your first step if you want to successfully establish your own enterprise, no matter how small or huge you want it to be. Home-based or corporation oriented, business has the same bottom line and foundations. The first thing to do is to make sure you are informed by the right references. Your optimum source of information lies within award-winning business books.
These publications are everywhere. Check out your local bookstore and you will find many of these works. Without seeing the bigger picture, how can you choose which ones to read and which ones will apply to your interests and endeavors? Proper decision-making, needed in business, is done through making informed decisions and steps, and education cannot be rushed. Markets, trade, commerce, entrepreneurship, and finance are very tricky to understand. Educate yourself through business books that are very reader-friendly and have a broader view on business ideals and not just the technicalities. Many titles and authors are out there, but only a selected few are award-winners, and these are the most probable candidates for any business-mined individual to read. Here is a list of those winners you may want to consider including in your reading list:
The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Friedman – Awards of this book include the Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award and the Financial Times Award. The book is not the only award-winning factor here, but also the author, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner.
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt – This won the Quill Award and the Financial Times Award.
High Probability Trading Review by John Battelle – This book is a finalist for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.
These award-winning business books are great introductory materials for a business-mined individual who wants more than the technical side of business. Remember that some ideas are not derived from formulaic means and equations. Consider the wider-scoped ideals and theories and apply them effectively for the success of your own ventures.