The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle
Jordan’s Favorite Aphorisms: 38. Quit while you are ahead. 43. Feel with the few, speak with the many 50. Never lose your self-respect. 59. End well. 64. Avoid Grief 183. Don’t hold onto anything too firmly 192. A peaceable person is a long-lived one. 198. Know when to transplant yourself 222. A cautious hesitation is […]
The Book on Advanced Tax Strategies
Saving on taxes means more money for you, your family, and your real estate investments. Learning tax strategies could be the easiest money you ever make! When it comes to taxes, it’s not about how much money you make—but how much money you actually keep. Are you tired of working hard all year, just to […]
Money
“The following review was written by SVIC author Kartik Kaipa.” And the fish asked what the hell is water? Money is not only stranger than we suppose, but stranger than we can suppose. Were the thoughts swimming in my head as I read Money by Jacob Goldstein. What’s the story behind Money? Why does it […]
Zero to IPO
Jordan’s Notes: On a scale between Re-Read, Read, Skim, Cliff notes, and Doorstop, this book is a solid Re-Read. Most business books are full of useless platitudes, “work hard, hire A players, etc.” This book is jam-packed with practical advice on how to build a successful startup. It includes a lot of hard truths that founders need to hear, along the […]
The Book on Negotiating Real Estate
Learn how to close more real estate deals. . . and make more money in the process! Three expert investors and bestselling authors come together to show you how to get the most deals—and the best deals—on all of your investment property. With more than 1,000 successful real estate deals between them, J Scott, Mark […]
The Four Agreements
In The Four Agreements, bestselling author don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love. • A New […]
Contagious
What makes things popular? If you said advertising, think again. People don’t listen to advertisements, they listen to their peers. But why do people talk about certain products and ideas more than others? Why are some stories and rumors more infectious? And what makes online content go viral? Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger has spent […]
Little Bets
“An enthusiastic, example-rich argument for innovating in a particular way—by deliberately experimenting and taking small exploratory steps in novel directions. Light, bright, and packed with tidy anecdotes” (The Wall Street Journal). What do Apple CEO Steve Jobs, comedian Chris Rock, prize-winning architect Frank Gehry, and the story developers at Pixar films all have in common? […]
Crossing the Chasm
The bible for bringing cutting-edge products to larger markets—now revised and updated with new insights into the realities of high-tech marketing In Crossing the Chasm, Geoffrey A. Moore shows that in the Technology Adoption Life Cycle—which begins with innovators and moves to early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards—there is a vast chasm between the […]
How to Lie with Statistics
Darrell Huff runs the gamut of every popularly used type of statistic, probes such things as the sample study, the tabulation method, the interview technique, or the way the results are derived from the figures, and points up the countless number of dodges which are used to full rather than to inform.
