Entrepreneurship Guru Mike Michalowicz Visits Columbia Business School
Mike Michalowicz, CEO of Obsidian Launch, an incubator for young entrepreneurs, gave a talk this week about what it takes for entrepreneurs to succeed. Refreshingly, his talk was not about how to finance your venture, or the management and operational skills you'll require. Rather, Michalowicz focused on the entrepreneurial mindset, and how to get yourself to overcome limiting beliefs. Both his message and his delivery style both carried strong echoes of Tony Robbins, a man who's books have had a profound impact on my life.
Mike Michalowicz claims to read a book every two days, which would make him the only person I've met in a long time who reads more books than me. CNBC has posted Mike's list of "Top Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read," which I've cut and pasted below. Also, here's a video of Mike on CNBC courtesy of Google Video.
If you're looking for a coach in getting your new business started, Mike and Obsidian Launch might be just what you need.
From CNBC,
The Starfish and the Spider - By: Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom – This book clearly identifies the changing pattern in successful business launch and management strategies. They show how to build a dynamic powerful business, and it is easier and less conventional than you think.
Small Giants – By: Bo Burlingham – The title says it all, small business is the new big business.
The E-myth Revisited - By: Michael Gerber - The new entrepreneur's bible!
Mastering the Rockefeller Habits - By: Verne Harnish - Strategies for rapid growth.
Get The Edge - By: Anthony Robbins - You gotta have the right mindset to succeed. Read this!
The 4-Hour Workweek - By: Timothy Ferriss - Takes the E-Myth and applies tips & tricks.
Automatic Millionaire - By: David Bach - In short a "401K" for all parts of life.
Raising the Bar - By: Gary Erickson - A grassroots entrepreneur story through and through.
Purple Cow - By: Seth Godin - This book is remarkable! You'll get the joke when you read it.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad - By: Robert Kiyosaki - Make money, don't blow it.Motivational!
The Art of the Start - By: Guy Kawasaki - Key insights to starting a company.
Made to Stick - By Chip & Dan Heath - Marketing your company the right way.
Good to Great - By Jim Collins - The modern classic entrepreneurs book. A mandatory read.
How to Win Friends and Influence People - By: Dale Carnegie - Written years ago, but even more relevant today.
Labels: books, Columbia Business School, entrepreneurship
posted by Ryan Petersen @ 11:47 AM
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Hey my Google alerts for "Obsidian Launch" are working! Thanks for the kind comments, Ryan.
I have to admit that I do "read" a book every couple of days... but it is not a cover to cover read. I subscribe to a few audio collections that provides a summary of about 15 books a month. So I am cheatin' a little (or a lot), but getting some great content this way
A couple other recommendations:
The Go-Giver
Think and Grow Rich (awesome book)
Cradle to Cradle (opens your eyes to products and environmental impact, big time)
Another trick I do, is read the summaries in Amazon. 80% of the books out there are summarized so well here, that you don’t need to buy them.
Can’t wait to be back at Columbia in the near future!
Ryan,
Can't wait to read your book reviews for 2007. You read all these books in addition to going to Business School? That's crazy.
I just finished "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" on my vacation. That was a great recommendation, I really enjoyed it.
Also, I would HIGHLY recommend "Investment Biker" and "Adventure Capitalist" by Jim Rogers if you haven't read them.
-Peter
The book reviews for 2006 list came the year before business school. I read about 1/2 as many in my first year of b-school(see post on Jan. 2), but didn't have time to write reviews yet.
I read most of Adventure Capitalist, and liked it. Recently when I was in Benin (west africa) I visited the snake temple in Ouidah, and asked the priest there if he remembered a guy with a yellow car. He remembered Jim Rogers perfectly, which was kind of funny.
Ryan,
I was reading you blog, GMATMastery.com and it has some great advice. Thanks for posting it. I have a question regarding speed reading but didn't know where to post it on the GMATMastery site. How long did it take you to pick up speed reading? Where did you learn how to do it? I have been trying it for a while but I can't seem get any faster without losing the comprehension. I agree that speed reading is the most critical factor for verbal success on the GMAT. I manage to get most of the questions right on practice tests, but the timing factor always kills me.
Maybe you could post some techniques that you used to become a faster reader on that site.
Thanks a lot.
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