A few weeks ago I asked for suggestions for book reports for an honors entrepreneurship course. Here is the list of books that were recommended. Thanks to everyone that made a suggestion.
Vance H. Fried
Brattain Professor of Management
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BTW For American Idol fans, the last guy cut getting down to 24 is in my honors entrepreneurship class this semester.
Biography
The Vital Few
Giants of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Enterprise</st1:place></st1:city>
Titan (Rockefeller)
The Fords: An American Epic
My Life at IBM and Beyond (Tom Watson)
Sam Walton: Made in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>
Empires of light. Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the race to electrify the world
The Longaberger Story
Billy, Alfred, and General Motors
The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of <st1:place w:st="on">Silicon Valley</st1:place>
Andy Grove: Inside Intel and the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Chip Company
Crosley (radio, baseball)
Losing my Virginity (Richard Branson)
Walt Disney (by Neal Gabler)
John Sperling: Rebel with a Cause(<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Phoenix</st1:placename></st1:place>)
The Boy Genius and the Mogul (Philo Farnsworth & David Saranoff)
The Luckiest Man in the World (Boone Pickens)
Grinding It Out (Ray Kroc)
Defying the Odds (Marcia Israel-Curley-women's fashion)
Copy This (Kinko's)
Nathan Appleton (19th Century American textiles)
A.P. Giannini and the Bank of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>
100 Great Business Ideas and the Minds Behind Them
Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
The Monk and the Riddle (<st1:place w:st="on">Silicon Valley</st1:place>)
Specialty Topics
The E-myth Revisited
The Innovator's Dilemma
The Money of Invention
White Man's Burden
Crossing the Chasm
Built to Last
Never Bet the Farm
Illusions of Entrepreneurship
Generation to Generation: Life Cycles of the Family Business
Managing for the long run: Lessons in Competitive Advantage from Great Family Businesses.
Keeping the family business healthy: How to plan for continuing growth, profitability, and family leadership.
The Science of Success
Effectuation
A Good Hard Kick in the Ass
Blue Ocean Strategy
The Art of the Start
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