Maine SBDC

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Essential News for Entrepreneurs

              Issue 10                              July 2010

 

 

 

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Resources on social media & e-marketing available in our "Topics of Interest" section

 

 

Nonline workshopew Online Workshop
"E-marketing & Social Networking" Small business meets social media- an introduction to help you get started.

 

 

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5 Super Summer Reads
#1 Regardless of your product or service, wouldn't you want the competition to be irrelevant? Providing the reader witBlue Ocean Strategyh a systematic approach to creating uncontested market space is why Blue Ocean Strategy is an international best-seller. A summer must-read from certified business counselor and AVCOG center director Greg Gould.

#2 MOutliersany Maine SBDC counselors are currently reading and recommend Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, a New York Times best-seller.  Gladwell asks and answers the question: "What makes high-achievers different?" Not to be missed.

The Knack#3 Norm Brodsky and Bo Burlington's The Knack: How Street Smart Entrepreneurs Learn to Handle Whatever Comes Up focuses on big-picture practicalities for the budding business. 

#4 DrivePerfect for managers at all levels is Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. Inc. Magazine cites Daniel Pink's latest as "an engaging look at how we work" and re-examines the carrot-and-stick style of employee motivation.

#5 Jason ReworkFried and David Hansson do not pull any punches in their latest work.  REWORK offers hundreds of ways to approach work in the modern age, dispelling old business platitudes.