Reading is More than Fundamental - Reading is Critical.

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"Read for ideas, not for authors"

-Bedford Nwabueze Umez, Ph.D. 

  • Against All Odds: Ten Entrepreneurs who Followed their Hearts and Found Success - by Wendy Harris & Wendy Beech - 2001

  • All You Need To Know About The Music Business - 1991 - by Donald S. Passman "My bible - it's invaluable. I buy it for a lot of new artists and managers. Before they know it, they're caught up in it." TJ Chapman, Music Entrepreneur, as told to Vibe Magazine. Sept. '07.

  • The Art of the Start: The Time-tested, Battle-hardened, Guide for Anyone Starting Anything - by Guy Kawasaki - 2004

  • The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One Step Plan to Live & Finish Rich - by David Bach - 2003 

  • The Billion Dollar BET: Robert Johnson & The Inside Story of Black Entertainment Television - by Brett Pulley - 2004 

  • Black Enterprise Guide to Starting Your Own Business - by Wendy Beech - 1999

  • Bootstrapping your Business: Start and Grow a Successful Company with Almost No Money - by Greg Gianforte & Marcus Gibson - 2005

  • Campus CEO: The Student Entrepreneurs Guide to Launching A Multi-Million Dollar Business - by Randall Pinkett - 2007

  • Display of Power: How FUBU Changed a World of Fashion, Branding and Lifestyle - by Daymond John -

  • Fire Your Boss - Stephen M. Pollan & Mark Levine - 2004

  • Founders at Work: Stories of Start-Ups' Early Days - by Jessica Livingston - 2007

  • Go It Alone!: Do What You Do Best, Let Others Do the Rest - by Bruce Judson - 2004

  • Own Your Own Corporation: Why the Rich Own Their Own Companies and Everyone Else Works For Them - by Garrett Sutton, Robert Kiyosaki, & Ann Blackman - 2001

  • The New Color of Success: Twenty Young Black Millionaires Tell You How Their Making It - by Niki Butle Mitchell - 2001

  • Not Just A Living: The Complete Guide To Creating A Business That Gives You Life - by Mark Hendricks - 2002

  • Success Runs in Our Race - by George Fraser - 1994                     [BlackMenRead.com   RECOMMENDATION]

  • The Ultimate Sales Machine - 2007 - by Chet Holmes "The linchpin of Holmes' advice is 'pigheaded discipline and determination'. Entrepreneur Magazine Sept. 2007