For your summer reading pleasure

Posted on | June 26, 2006 | Comments Off

Good morning!

The National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship’s NDE News Summer Books Issue is out today. From their list, here’s my favorite selection:

Bo Burlingham, Small Giants: Companies that Choose to be Great Instead of Big. (Portfolio, 2005).

Burlingham is a long-editor at Inc. Magazine who has been in the trenches of the entrepreneurial revolution for years. His latest book looks at some exceptional small companies like Anchor Brewing Co., Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Babe Records, and Zingerman’s. All of these firms, and their owners, have opted to remain small instead of pursuing massive growth. By focusing on excellence, they are able to build strong businesses and pursue other more community-oriented goals for their businesses.

I haven’t read this one but it ounds a bit reminiscent of Jamie Walters’ Big Vision, Small Business (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2002), which is definitely worth a read. Do yourself a favor and add both to your summer reading lists.

(I keep forgetting to tag my posts! Bad Journal Blogger! No biscuit for you!)

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