Summer Reading for SMBs

Just because we’re not in high school anymore doesn’t mean we should stop our Summer Reading! For SMBs (Small to medium-sized Businesses), resources that would boost you to the next level can feel scarce. But that’s far from the truth! Here are three book recommendations you should read this summer to take your business to the next level.

1. “The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses” by Eric Ries: This book provides valuable insights into lean startups and how entrepreneurs can build and grow successful businesses in a rapidly changing marketplace. It emphasizes the importance of iterative development, validated learning, and embracing uncertainty.
2. “Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t” by Jim Collins: In this book, Collins explores the characteristics and strategies that differentiate great companies from their average counterparts. It offers practical advice for small business owners on transforming their companies from good to great by focusing on fundamental principles like disciplined people, thought, and action.
3. “The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It” by Michael E. Gerber: This book challenges common misconceptions about entrepreneurship and highlights the importance of building systems and processes in small businesses. Gerber provides actionable insights on how to work on the business rather than in it, enabling owners to create a scalable and successful enterprise.

These books offer valuable lessons, strategies, and practical advice for small business owners, and they are widely regarded as influential resources in the entrepreneurial world.