🏪 Small Business

Practical wisdom for entrepreneurs building something from the ground up — covering everything from first customers to cash flow, with the grit and resourcefulness that big-business books often overlook.

Company Of One

by Paul Jarvis • 2019

Growth is not the goal. The playbook for a deliberately small, fiercely profitable business.

3.91

6k+

🌱 Sustainable Business 💰 Bootstrapping 📈 Profit Over Growth 👤 Solopreneurship 🏖️ Lifestyle Business

Company Of One

Growth is not the goal. The playbook for a deliberately small, fiercely profitable business.

by Paul Jarvis 2019

3.91

6k+ ratings

🌱 Sustainable Business 💰 Bootstrapping 📈 Profit Over Growth 👤 Solopreneurship 🏖️ Lifestyle Business

Buy Then Build

by Walker Deibel • 2018

Ten percent startup survival versus 98% when you buy. The playbook for acquiring a business instead.

4.31

3k+

🏢 Business Acquisition 📊 Value Investing 💰 Business Valuation 🏦 Small Business Financing 🛡️ Risk Management

Buy Then Build

Ten percent startup survival versus 98% when you buy. The playbook for acquiring a business instead.

by Walker Deibel 2018

4.31

3k+ ratings

🏢 Business Acquisition 📊 Value Investing 💰 Business Valuation 🏦 Small Business Financing 🛡️ Risk Management

My Life in Advertising and Scientific Advertising

by Claude C. Hopkins • 1923

Before creativity ruled, advertising was a science. The man who proved it gives his rules.

4.23

1k+

📢 Advertising Strategy ✍️ Copywriting 📬 Direct Response Marketing 🧠 Consumer Psychology 📏 Testing And Measurement

My Life in Advertising and Scientific Advertising

Before creativity ruled, advertising was a science. The man who proved it gives his rules.

by Claude C. Hopkins 1923

4.23

1k+ ratings

📢 Advertising Strategy ✍️ Copywriting 📬 Direct Response Marketing 🧠 Consumer Psychology 📏 Testing And Measurement

Customers for Life

by Carl Sewell • 1990

One customer is worth half a million. Keeping them depends on the system behind the smile.

4.20

1k+

🛎️ Customer Experience ⚙️ Service Operations 🔁 Customer Loyalty 🧩 Systems Thinking 📈 Continuous Improvement

Customers for Life

One customer is worth half a million. Keeping them depends on the system behind the smile.

by Carl Sewell 1990

4.20

1k+ ratings

🛎️ Customer Experience ⚙️ Service Operations 🔁 Customer Loyalty 🧩 Systems Thinking 📈 Continuous Improvement

Unscripted - The Great Rat-Race Escape

by M.J. DeMarco • 2021

A five-part framework for building a business that runs itself so you can walk away.

4.47

832

🏃 Escaping The Rat Race 💰 Financial Independence 💤 Passive Income 📈 Scalable Business 🚀 Aspiring Founders

Unscripted - The Great Rat-Race Escape

A five-part framework for building a business that runs itself so you can walk away.

by M.J. DeMarco 2021

4.47

832 ratings

🏃 Escaping The Rat Race 💰 Financial Independence 💤 Passive Income 📈 Scalable Business 🚀 Aspiring Founders

Kick-Ass Copywriting Secrets of a Marketing Rebel

by John Carlton • 2002

Forget clever branding. The ads that sell explain why, paint a picture, and ask for the order.

4.40

144

🖋️ Copywriting 📬 Direct Response 🧠 Consumer Psychology 🗣️ Persuasion 💡 Information Products

Kick-Ass Copywriting Secrets of a Marketing Rebel

Forget clever branding. The ads that sell explain why, paint a picture, and ask for the order.

by John Carlton 2002

4.40

144 ratings

🖋️ Copywriting 📬 Direct Response 🧠 Consumer Psychology 🗣️ Persuasion 💡 Information Products

Get a Grip

by Gino Wickman • 2012

Your business stalled. A three-priority, five-number system ends chaos and fixes issues permanently.

4.19

2k+

⚙️ Business Operating Systems ❤️ Organizational Health 📖 Business Fables 🎯 Accountability Systems 👥 Leadership Teams

Get a Grip

Your business stalled. A three-priority, five-number system ends chaos and fixes issues permanently.

by Gino Wickman 2012

4.19

2k+ ratings

⚙️ Business Operating Systems ❤️ Organizational Health 📖 Business Fables 🎯 Accountability Systems 👥 Leadership Teams

Hello, My Name Is Awesome

by Alexandra Watkins • 2014

A veteran namer's simple filter for brand names that charm strangers instead of confusing them.

4.13

983

🏷️ Brand Strategy ✏️ Identity Design 😊 Emotional Branding 💬 Word Of Mouth 💡 Creative Process

Hello, My Name Is Awesome

A veteran namer's simple filter for brand names that charm strangers instead of confusing them.

by Alexandra Watkins 2014

4.13

983 ratings

🏷️ Brand Strategy ✏️ Identity Design 😊 Emotional Branding 💬 Word Of Mouth 💡 Creative Process

The Book on Managing Rental Properties

by Brandon Turner • 2015

A landlord's operating system that minimizes tenant drama and keeps the money flowing.

4.55

2k+

🏠 Landlord Guides 🔍 Tenant Screening 🔧 Property Maintenance ⚖️ Landlord-Tenant Law ⚙️ Business Systems

The Book on Managing Rental Properties

A landlord's operating system that minimizes tenant drama and keeps the money flowing.

by Brandon Turner 2015

4.55

2k+ ratings

🏠 Landlord Guides 🔍 Tenant Screening 🔧 Property Maintenance ⚖️ Landlord-Tenant Law ⚙️ Business Systems

Talk Triggers

by Jay Baer • 2018

Most word of mouth is accidental. The formula for engineering it on purpose.

4.02

434

🗣️ Word Of Mouth 💡 Brand Differentiation 🤝 Customer Experience 📊 Marketing Strategy 🧲 Customer Acquisition

Talk Triggers

Most word of mouth is accidental. The formula for engineering it on purpose.

by Jay Baer 2018

4.02

434 ratings

🗣️ Word Of Mouth 💡 Brand Differentiation 🤝 Customer Experience 📊 Marketing Strategy 🧲 Customer Acquisition

Hug Your Customers

by Jack Mitchell • 2003

A family retailer's playbook for replacing sales scripts with genuine human connection.

4.03

986

🛍️ Customer Experience 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Business 🏬 Retail Management 🌟 Service Excellence 💎 Customer Loyalty

Hug Your Customers

A family retailer's playbook for replacing sales scripts with genuine human connection.

by Jack Mitchell 2003

4.03

986 ratings

🛍️ Customer Experience 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Business 🏬 Retail Management 🌟 Service Excellence 💎 Customer Loyalty

Email Persuasion

by Ian Brodie • 2013

Email's 41:1 return on investment: how to build the list, earn the trust, and convert.

3.76

258

📧 Email Marketing ✍️ Copywriting 🧠 Persuasion 🧲 Lead Generation 🛒 Sales Funnels

Email Persuasion

Email's 41:1 return on investment: how to build the list, earn the trust, and convert.

by Ian Brodie 2013

3.76

258 ratings

📧 Email Marketing ✍️ Copywriting 🧠 Persuasion 🧲 Lead Generation 🛒 Sales Funnels

Fans First

by Jesse Cole • 2022

Forget advertising. How to build fans devoted enough to drive across the country for you.

4.36

983

🎯 Customer Experience ⚾ Sports Business 📣 Word Of Mouth 💜 Employee Engagement 🔒 Creative Constraints

Fans First

Forget advertising. How to build fans devoted enough to drive across the country for you.

by Jesse Cole 2022

4.36

983 ratings

🎯 Customer Experience ⚾ Sports Business 📣 Word Of Mouth 💜 Employee Engagement 🔒 Creative Constraints

Youtility

by Jay Baer • 2013

Turn your marketing into a free tool: replace ads with apps, and customers sell themselves.

3.99

1k+

📄 Content Marketing 🤝 Trust Building ⏱️ Real-Time Marketing 🛟 Helpful Marketing 🔍 Radical Transparency

Youtility

Turn your marketing into a free tool: replace ads with apps, and customers sell themselves.

by Jay Baer 2013

3.99

1k+ ratings

📄 Content Marketing 🤝 Trust Building ⏱️ Real-Time Marketing 🛟 Helpful Marketing 🔍 Radical Transparency

Street Smarts

by Norm Brodsky • 2008

Cash kills more startups than competition. Here are the financial rules no one teaches.

3.93

7k+

💰 Entrepreneurial Finance 💸 Cash Management 📈 Profitability 🎯 Customer Acquisition 🧑 Company Culture

Street Smarts

Cash kills more startups than competition. Here are the financial rules no one teaches.

by Norm Brodsky 2008

3.93

7k+ ratings

💰 Entrepreneurial Finance 💸 Cash Management 📈 Profitability 🎯 Customer Acquisition 🧑 Company Culture

The Most Successful Small Business in The World

by Michael E. Gerber • 2009

Dream bigger than your industry: the playbook for a small business that scales and endures.

3.09

281

📈 Scaling Startups ⚙️ Business Systems 🎯 Purpose-Driven Business 🔭 Visionary Thinking 🧠 Continuous Learning

The Most Successful Small Business in The World

Dream bigger than your industry: the playbook for a small business that scales and endures.

by Michael E. Gerber 2009

3.09

281 ratings

📈 Scaling Startups ⚙️ Business Systems 🎯 Purpose-Driven Business 🔭 Visionary Thinking 🧠 Continuous Learning

I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

by Madeline Pendleton • 2024

The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.

4.52

4k+

💰 Financial Memoir 📱 Millennial Money 🏚️ Economic Precarity 🤝 Ethical Business ✊ Anti-Capitalist Critique

I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.

by Madeline Pendleton 2024

4.52

4k+ ratings

💰 Financial Memoir 📱 Millennial Money 🏚️ Economic Precarity 🤝 Ethical Business ✊ Anti-Capitalist Critique

Big Ideas... For Small Businesses

by John Lamerton • 2017

Small business tactics for more revenue, more freedom, and a life that isn't just work.

4.16

190

🏝️ Lifestyle Business 💰 Multiple Income Streams 🚀 Bias Toward Action ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🎯 Deep Focus

Big Ideas... For Small Businesses

Small business tactics for more revenue, more freedom, and a life that isn't just work.

by John Lamerton 2017

4.16

190 ratings

🏝️ Lifestyle Business 💰 Multiple Income Streams 🚀 Bias Toward Action ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🎯 Deep Focus

The Freelance Way

by Robert Vlach • 2022

The freelance systems that get you through the two years before reputation compounds.

4.47

323

🧑‍💻 Freelancing 🆕 New Freelancers 💰 Financial Planning 🤝 Client Management 🗓️ Productivity Methods

The Freelance Way

The freelance systems that get you through the two years before reputation compounds.

by Robert Vlach 2022

4.47

323 ratings

🧑‍💻 Freelancing 🆕 New Freelancers 💰 Financial Planning 🤝 Client Management 🗓️ Productivity Methods

alibaba

by Liu Shiying • 2009

A math-failing English teacher beat eBay with one rule: give everything away for free.

3.62

125

🏮 Chinese Business 🚀 Internet Startups 👤 Founder Stories 🔗 Platform Business Models ⚡ Market Disruption

alibaba

A math-failing English teacher beat eBay with one rule: give everything away for free.

by Liu Shiying 2009

3.62

125 ratings

🏮 Chinese Business 🚀 Internet Startups 👤 Founder Stories 🔗 Platform Business Models ⚡ Market Disruption

Social Media Marketing when you have NO CLUE!

by Gundi Gabrielle • 2017

Starting from zero? A jargon-free guide to building your brand on the five major social platforms.

3.88

126

📱 Social Media Marketing 🧱 Brand Building 📝 Content Strategy 🎨 Visual Marketing 🎥 Video Marketing

Social Media Marketing when you have NO CLUE!

Starting from zero? A jargon-free guide to building your brand on the five major social platforms.

by Gundi Gabrielle 2017

3.88

126 ratings

📱 Social Media Marketing 🧱 Brand Building 📝 Content Strategy 🎨 Visual Marketing 🎥 Video Marketing

Go Mobile

by Jeanne Hopkins • 2011

Mobile marketing without a big budget: how to adapt Fortune 500 tactics to your business.

3.55

📱 Mobile Marketing 📊 Digital Strategy 🧠 Consumer Behavior 🏗️ Brand Building 🌐 Mobile Web

Go Mobile

Mobile marketing without a big budget: how to adapt Fortune 500 tactics to your business.

by Jeanne Hopkins 2011

3.55

60 ratings

📱 Mobile Marketing 📊 Digital Strategy 🧠 Consumer Behavior 🏗️ Brand Building 🌐 Mobile Web

e-Riches 2.0

by Scott Fox • 2009

Email, blogs, and social media: build an audience, earn their trust, then sell. The online playbook.

3.78

🖥️ Digital Marketing 📧 Email Marketing 📝 Content Marketing 📱 Social Media Marketing 🎯 Lead Generation

e-Riches 2.0

Email, blogs, and social media: build an audience, earn their trust, then sell. The online playbook.

by Scott Fox 2009

3.78

50 ratings

🖥️ Digital Marketing 📧 Email Marketing 📝 Content Marketing 📱 Social Media Marketing 🎯 Lead Generation

Google Analytics

by Justin Cutroni • 2007

Turn Google Analytics from a hit counter into a decision engine with the right setup.

3.72

129

📊 Web Analytics 📈 Marketing Analytics 🎯 Conversion Optimization 💡 Data-Driven Decisions 🛒 Ecommerce Optimization

Google Analytics

Turn Google Analytics from a hit counter into a decision engine with the right setup.

by Justin Cutroni 2007

3.72

129 ratings

📊 Web Analytics 📈 Marketing Analytics 🎯 Conversion Optimization 💡 Data-Driven Decisions 🛒 Ecommerce Optimization

Project Management for Small Business

by Joseph Phillips • 2011

A simple, repeatable system that keeps your small business projects from bleeding money.

3.85

📋 Project Management 🗓️ Business Planning ⚠️ Risk Management 👥 Team Management 📢 Business Communication

Project Management for Small Business

A simple, repeatable system that keeps your small business projects from bleeding money.

by Joseph Phillips 2011

3.85

26 ratings

📋 Project Management 🗓️ Business Planning ⚠️ Risk Management 👥 Team Management 📢 Business Communication

Brand Now

by Nick Westergaard • 2018

Brands are DNA, not pyramids. Here is how to re-sequence yours.

3.99

138

🎯 Brand Strategy 📖 Storytelling 🤝 Customer Experience 😂 Corporate Humor 🏘️ Community Building

Brand Now

Brands are DNA, not pyramids. Here is how to re-sequence yours.

by Nick Westergaard 2018

3.99

138 ratings

🎯 Brand Strategy 📖 Storytelling 🤝 Customer Experience 😂 Corporate Humor 🏘️ Community Building

Shopify For Dummies

by Paul Waddy • 2022

Launch a profitable Shopify store: the full roadmap from product research to repeat customers.

4.00

🛒 Ecommerce 📈 Digital Marketing 📦 Product Sourcing 📋 Inventory Management 🚚 Order Fulfillment

Shopify For Dummies

Launch a profitable Shopify store: the full roadmap from product research to repeat customers.

by Paul Waddy 2022

4.00

19 ratings

🛒 Ecommerce 📈 Digital Marketing 📦 Product Sourcing 📋 Inventory Management 🚚 Order Fulfillment

Room to Dream

by Kelly Yang • 2021

A corporation wants her family's motel. Seventh-grader Mia Tang has a column and something to prove.

4.37

6k+

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🌏 Cultural Identity 💔 Shifting Friendships 📰 Girl Reporter ✊ Community Resistance

Room to Dream

A corporation wants her family's motel. Seventh-grader Mia Tang has a column and something to prove.

by Kelly Yang 2021

4.37

6k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🌏 Cultural Identity 💔 Shifting Friendships 📰 Girl Reporter ✊ Community Resistance

LLC Beginner's Guide, Updated Edition

by Steven Carlson • 2022

Protect your house with an LLC, and the tax election that saves thousands.

3.82

139

📝 Llc Formation 🏗️ Business Formation ⚖️ Legal Structures 🧾 Tax Strategy 🛡️ Asset Protection

LLC Beginner's Guide, Updated Edition

Protect your house with an LLC, and the tax election that saves thousands.

by Steven Carlson 2022

3.82

139 ratings

📝 Llc Formation 🏗️ Business Formation ⚖️ Legal Structures 🧾 Tax Strategy 🛡️ Asset Protection

Small Business Big Money

by Akin Alabi • 2017

Find a hungry market first, then advertise for sales that pay back more than you spend.

4.22

📬 Direct Response Marketing 🎯 Market-First Entrepreneurship 🗣️ Word Of Mouth Marketing 💎 Perceived Value Pricing 👑 Niche Domination

Small Business Big Money

Find a hungry market first, then advertise for sales that pay back more than you spend.

by Akin Alabi 2017

4.22

93 ratings

📬 Direct Response Marketing 🎯 Market-First Entrepreneurship 🗣️ Word Of Mouth Marketing 💎 Perceived Value Pricing 👑 Niche Domination

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