Comments on: Best Business Novels You Can Read This Summer

By: Andrew Pelt

Andrew Pelt — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:59:40 +0000

very nice article, gives me some good ideas on innovating some things with my businesses. I came across this website recently and it helped me out tremendously, check it out.

By: ali

ali — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:40:16 +0000

Öncelikle jotform siteniz için kutluyorum. İngilizce hiç bilmem. Bir arkadaşın yardıumızyla formunuzdan aldım.

Günde 100 iletiyi ücretsiz mailinmize gönderiyormuş siteniz böyle bir limit varmış doğru mu acaba?

Birde jotformun Türkçe versiyonunu yapmayı düşünüyormusunuz?

Emailime yanıt verisenin sevinirim. İyi bayramlar.

By: jafet

jafet — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:35:08 +0000

great blog. great information.

i started my website 3 days ago, and i have already used 92 forms from the 100 free a month we get!

i am going to have to upgrade.

i hope you can take a look at my site, and offer any suggestions.

take care. and great job.

jafet
http://www.iYuwie.com

By: Jim Harris

Jim Harris — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:52:54 +0000

I need to develop a bunch of very similiar forms for different staff in my organization.
Each form uses its own table, just a flat file with fields for subject,
text to be displayed, text to be entered, and a couple of check boxes.

Since this is a flat file, I also need a screen with a grid on it.

However, I need my staff to log in (I have two tables I currently use,
Passwords with one entry per staff user
permission with fields for Passwords.User, as well as TableName and Role
(Role is either Read or Write.)

The big probelm is that I need something that con provide log in — it doesn’t have to be secure…
and it must have record locking.

Can you help???

I have some consulting funds avaialbe if needed.

By: Kevin Tumlinson

Kevin Tumlinson — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:34:33 +0000

I’ll be honest, I’ve never heard the term “Business Novel” before. As a novelist, I was intrigued! Now I’ll have to go check out the books on this list and see what I find.

I did read a book that likely falls into this category. “Raving Fans.” I can’t remember the author’s name at the moment, but it was an interesting book. And you’re right… it was a quick read.

People forget that writing is as much a business as anything else, and I find a great deal of value in business books and guides. If I can learn while being entertained, so much the better!

Thanks for this list.

Philipp Schumann – I’ve been reading “Atlas Shrugged” for the past few weeks and I love it! I’ve already picked up “Anthem” as the next book on my reading list. And “Fountainhead” is also going to make an appearance at some point. But I have a rather large stack of books to work through at the moment… if only I could read faster. The great irony of being a writer is that you LOVE books, but have precious little time to read for enjoyment!

By: Terri

Terri — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:23:14 +0000

My sis accidentaly deleted a form and I need it back is there any way to recover it?

By: Sasidhar

Sasidhar — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:47:00 +0000

Good post buddy.

By: BobbieTheProgrammer

BobbieTheProgrammer — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 03:31:15 +0000

I like “The Caine Mutiny”. Not a business novel, more a novel of war and of an organization, but it looks closely at the issues of loyalty, and the tension between different levels of loyalty.

By: Aytekin

Aytekin — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:12:42 +0000

Thanks all for the great suggestions. John, I found an online copy of “Think and Grow Rich” and already read the first four chapters. Although it is not a business novel, it seems to be a pretty useful book.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/nth/tgr/

By: John

John — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:28:54 +0000

I love these books as well. Another good example is “Think and Grow Rich”

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:03:39 +0000

I have to second Atlas Shrugged. I realize it’s a little off-topic, and doesn’t teach specific business skills, but I’ve never found a better career motivator.

Thanks for the list, though. Always looking for good books with a purpose

By: Nick Hebb

Nick Hebb — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:40:55 +0000

If you like The Goal, one book to check out is Rolling Rocks Downhill by Clarke Ching (http://www.clarkeching.com/). The best way to describe it is The Goal for Agile Development.

He’s posted chapters on his blog and has started doing podcasts. I don’t have a direct link for the published chapters, so you’ll have to search around on his blog.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:34:11 +0000

“How to Make a Buck and Still Be a Decent Human Being: A Week With Rick Rose at Dataflex” Old, but very good. Although I suspect the company’s out of business now, so perhaps some of the lessons are off.

“Startup : A Silicon Valley Adventure”

“The Billion Dollar Molecule: One Company’s Quest for the Perfect Drug” – deals with a biotech company instead of a computer company, but good read.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:13:07 +0000

I actually just read an excellent business/legal fiction novel that you might find very interesting. The title of the book is “Wearing the Spider” by Susan Schaab.

By: devrim

devrim — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:33:46 +0000

Was reading the “Getting things done” in Bodrum last week. Far too motivating for a holiday

Thanks for the post at Joel’s. Will give the goal a try…

By: Philipp Schumann

Philipp Schumann — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:47:17 +0000

My all-time favourite “classics”, which I re-read about once a year: The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Granted these are primarily ethical/philosophical “novels” with business as a backdrop and the object of abstract discussions and romantic/heroic plots… but still highly recommended.