ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESOURCES AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING
GMTA’s PERSPECTIVE ON QUALITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESOURCES AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING
Our intention is to provide entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs with:
quality practical resources
resources that remind you of what is possible
a space for knowledge sharing (so be sure to share your comments below)
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Chris Guillebeau’s Side Hustle book and Side Hustle podcast: we honestly believe this book is a must have for every single person and all ages. The Side Hustle book is fantastic for everyone, no matter your income level, no matter where you live or what country you are in, no matter your age, and no matter your skills or education background. The Side Hustle book presents how to develop an idea that you can turn into a way to enhance your income or develop into a full-time business if that is your desire. The book provides a 27 day path on how to bring it all to fruition. The book and the podcast provide success stories to show what is possible along with insights from Chris Guillebeau that allow the listener/reader to see how to apply the situation to their own business/idea. The Side Hustle Book and Podcast is great for kids, teenagers, college students, adults, parents, retirees. Everyone who is seeking financial freedom should pick up this book or listen to the podcast to discover what is possible for them. The insights from the podcast episodes are always great for entrepreneurs to discover new tools and approaches that they can apply to their business.
Dayo Olopade’s The Bright Continent book: we absolutely love this book. It is a fantastic read for everyone but particularly for those who are trying to build a business in a “challenging” location or industry and everyone around them is making them feel like it is impossible. This book does a fantastic job at showing that any vision/idea you have is possible and how individuals with limited resources have been able to go beyond the normal frameworks to effectuate change and bring their ideas to fruition. Another reason we love this book is it touches on why all businesses and organizations should focus on self-sustainability and not donations. While it is great to invite others to contribute towards your cause, it should not be the primary source of income for any organization that truly wants to have a lasting and sustainable effect. One additional note: this book is also a great read for economists or individuals studying economics or business majors.
The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa by Dayo Olopade:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bright-continent-dayo-olopade/
Dare to Lead podcast by Brené Brown: this is a wonderful podcast with individuals from different industries and organizations discussing their approach to authentic leadership. This is important for entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. Even if you are a one-person business or a team of one at your job, this podcast is still a must listen. It will naturally lead you to think about how you want to show up for yourself, your business, your colleagues, your clients, your stakeholders, your family and community. We would love to hear which episode is your favorite. Comment below.
How I built this podcast with Guy Raz: this is a great podcast for entrepreneurs to listen to in order to stay inspired by other entrepreneurs on how they built their business from scratch. It is nice to listen to and keep you going but also to learn from the challenges these founders experienced along the way; and how their perspective has changed over the years. This can be helpful for you to take note of how you may want to do things differently or the same to optimize your personal and professional life.
Dan Martell’s “Buy Back Your Time”: is a great book on establishing and growing a business that you can and will love and evolve with; instead of growing a business that leads to or perpetuates more burnout. While some may read this book and think it is for those who are further along in their business journey and have a profitable business, it is still useful and critical for those who are just getting their new business started because it provides the right state of mind and structure of how to even begin framing your new venture so the process gets smoother along the way. So this book is for the new entrepreneur, the experienced and veteran entrepreneur/business owner. It is also arguably for the intrapreneur who has autonomy/independence at their job. Specifically, this book provides a detailed and useful matrix on how to assess your time and make the appropriate changes to optimize your life and business; how to identify what is tangibly sabotaging your success, happiness and growth and make the appropriate changes; as well as practical steps and guidance on creating a routine and structure that is aligned with your ideal vision for yourself and business. While this is a business book, please note we found that these tools also apply to how you approach your personal life and interactions. This is a great book to have on your shelf to revisit from time to time.
“Business Model You : a one-page method for reinventing your career” written by Tim Clark in collaboration with Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur: this book is described as being a resource for those who are considering changing their career or reinventing themselves but we have found that the guidance presented in this book is also beneficial for entrepreneurs and those transitioning from employee to entrepreneurship. This book presents the approach of looking/assessing you as the individuals from a business model perspective. As in you, the individual is a one-person business and when it comes to a business model this “is the logic by which an organization sustains itself financially”. From there the book goes over how to define yourself as a personal business model and how to change your business model to align with the new vision you have for self. This book is just perfect for the intrapreneur and entrepreneur to develop their unique personal business model. Topics in this book including identifying and defining the customer, the value provided, the channels you use to deliver your value, customer relationships and interactions, revenue, key resources, key activities, key partners and costs. A core topic covered in this book is answering the question “who am I?” as well as defining “your purpose”. The book allows a great opportunity and tools to reflect on who you have been, who you want to be, and how to craft your own new personal business model to align with a more successful professional life (or your overall life). Throughout the book is guidance on how to put everything into practice so you can start making changes immediately and start walking the talk. If you have read this book, please share with us your experience by commenting below. This is a great book to have on your shelf to revisit from time to time.
Herminia Ibarra’s “Working Identity: unconventional strategies for reinventing your career”: this book is a really smooth and thoughtful read on assessing where you are, defining where you want to be, and making that transition. It is published as a career transition book but again we found this book is applicable for entrepreneurs and individuals transitioning into entrepreneurship. We also want to note that this is a great read for students and apprentices so they can build the life they want early on and avoid these common mistakes that so many adults find themselves in half way through their career or even at the end of the career looking back on an unfulfilled life and career. This book has really great real life stories throughout that all readers can understand and learn from.
Roger Fisher and William Ury and Bruce Patton’s “Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without giving in”. The title of this book may seem that this book is about being aggressive/ruthless with negotiations but it is actually a great read about negotiating with integrity. Whether you are aware of it or not, at several points in your professional career or developing your business, you will engage in some level negotiation. And this book does a fantastic job of providing a healthy perspective on how to approach negotiations and keep in mind all the stakeholders and the greater goal. Some of the topics covered in the book include separate the people from the problem, focusing on the main goal and not egos or positions, dont just stick to the options on the table and rather consider inventing new options that allow for mutual gain and how to establish an objective approach and framework for all the parties. This is a great book to have on your shelf and revisit from time to time.
https://www.pon.harvard.edu/shop/getting-to-yes-negotiating-agreement-without-giving-in/
https://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/negotiation-skills-daily/six-guidelines-for-getting-to-yes/
Peggy Klaus’s “Brag! The Art of Tooting your own horn without blowing it”: As you can tell by now, we like books that apply to the entire you and not just your professional life, and this book is in line with that. This book is for young professionals as well as anyone who thinks it is wrong or who finds it difficult to share their success and talent with others. This book provides tangible examples and guidance on how to practice and become comfortable at promoting yourself. The book highlights the importance of being your own biggest cheerleader and how much good you can do when you share your gifts with others. But they have to know about your gifts first. And how to honestly and sincerely talk about your accomplishments and do not minimize them. This book is actually great for everyone of all ages from teenagers to retirees, to learn and practice how to present themselves sincerely and courageously. It is never too early and and it is never too late to be your biggest cheerleader. Let us know what you think about this book by commenting below.
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