Monthly Archive for January, 2010

Don’t Be Left Behind Again: Top 5 Books For Entrepreneurs

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Leaders Are Readers:

BusinessInsider asked small business leaders and VCs for their top recommendations for books that every entrepreneur should read.

The results ranged from straightforward business books with common-sense startup advice to works of fiction of a more philosophical nature, but they all offer lessons on life and business…

Here are the Top 5 Books for Entrepreneurs:

    The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand
    Out of the Crisis, by W. Edwards Deming
    Extreme Programming Explained, by Kent Beck
    The Four Steps to the Epiphany, by Steven Gary Blank
    The 4-Hour Workweek, by Timothy Ferriss

and 10 more…

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Of Course You Hate Your Job: You’re American

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And, according to a new report form the Conference Board, if you’re under 25, 65% of you are dissatisfied with your current job (and the prospects are pretty dim, too).
Slate quotes a Time article -

…that only 45 percent of Americans are satisfied with their jobs—the lowest number since the group began conducting the poll 22 years ago. Researchers suspect the drop may be caused by two factors: workers’ growing disinterest in their jobs (in another record low, only 51 percent of people polled said they found their work interesting), and poor wage growth in comparison to the cost of living.

The report continues, while growing dissatisfaction can be somewhat pegged to the recession, economists say that the trend has been on the rise since the ’80s.

Not happy with your J-O-B? Maybe it’s time to activate Plan B.


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