the personal mba master the art of business

“I used the mental models in this book to create a profitable business in less than four weeks. Roger Hui, Technical Account Manager, RedHat, Inc. This is easily the best foundational business book available.” In retrospect, I wish I had read this book before enrolling in an MBA program-it would’ve helped me be more mindful while completing my degree. “I graduated with an MBA in 2005 before I encountered The Personal MBA, but I still felt like I didn’t know anything about business. Daniel Joshua Rubin, Playwright and Portrait Artist Are you more interested in becoming a better businessperson, or having a document to hang on your wall to impress people?” If you’re thinking about plunging yourself into debt to get an MBA, this book will challenge you to your core. If you’re already running a business, this book will help you identify weaknesses in your systems to get better results. “If you’re thinking of starting a business, this book will radically increase your confidence. Zachary Gagnon, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Whatever you do for a living, this book will help you do it even better.”

“This book goes far beyond business: I used the marketing, sales, and communication principles in this book to complete my PhD and land a highly competitive postdoc and professorship at a world-class research university. John Mang, Vice President of Japan Fabric & Home Care, Procter & Gamble Whether you’re an entrepreneur or an executive at a Fortune 50 company, this book will help you succeed.” The Personal MBA distills the most valuable business lessons into simple, memorable mental models that can be applied to real-world challenges. Now, he shares the essentials of entrepreneurship, marketing, sales, negotiation, operations, productivity, systems design, and much more, in one comprehensive volume. His blog has introduced hundreds of thousands of readers to the best business books and most powerful business concepts of all time.

Josh Kaufman founded as an alternative to the business school boondoggle. You can get better results (and save hundreds of thousands of dollars) by skipping business school altogether.

Even the elite schools like Harvard and Wharton offer outdated, assembly-line programs that teach you more about PowerPoint presentations and unnecessary financial models than what it takes to run a real business.

Getting an MBA is an expensive choice-one almost impossible to justify regardless of the state of the economy. Interesting to read, but does not replace the University's program.

The personal mba master the art of business