The Personal MBA: A World-Class Business Education in a Single Volume
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This revised and expanded edition of the bestselling book, The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman, gives you everything you need to transform your business, your career or your working life forever.
An MBA at a top school is an enormous investment in time, effort and cold, hard cash. And if you don’t want to work for a consulting firm or an investment bank, the chances are it simply isn’t worth it.
Josh Kaufman is the rogue professor of modern business education. Feted by everyone from the business media to Seth Godin and David Allen, he’s torn up the rulebook and given thousands of people worldwide the tools to teach themselves everything they need to know.
The Personal MBA teaches simple mental models for every subject that’s key to commercial success. From the basics of products, sales & marketing and finance to the nuances of human psychology, teamwork and creating systems, this book distils everything you need to know to take on the MBA graduates and win.
‘File this book under: NO EXCUSES’ Seth Godin, author of Purple Cow and Linchpin
‘Finally, here’s a 10.99 MBA. Well on its way to becoming a business classic. You’re pretty much guaranteed to get your money’s worth – if not much, much more’ Jason Hesse, Real Business
‘Josh Kaufman has synthesized the most important topics in business into a book that truly lives up to its title. It’s rare to find complicated concepts explained with such clarity. Highly recommended’ Ben Casnocha, author of My Start-Up Life
Josh Kaufman is an acclaimed blogger and consultant who helps people improve their business skills. He previously worked at Proctor & Gamble. Since 2005 Josh has been helping people learn about business without remortgaging their lives through his website.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Penguin, 1st edition (3 Feb. 2011) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 1664 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 476 pages |
by Will Johnson
Overall a good purchase, I would recommend it.
Minuses – 1) The author starts off with an attack on MBAs and a justification for the book. That is not necessary and doesn’t resonate well. I very nearly gave up on it for that reason, so skip the first chapter. 2) This is not anything like an MBA, which is fairly obvious, but I think the title is unnecessarily misleading and should be changed to ‘Shortcut to an MBA’ or something like that.
Pluses -1) The author has done an enormous amount of good research. 2) He covers a large amount of ground 3) He has some good insights on the topics he covers 4) The author narrates and it comes across really well. 5) There are ongoing online resources.
Overall a good purchase – I bought it on audio and kindle.
by roy
Still reading this book, so far well pleased packed with clear and easy to read facts , also like the way the writer is straight to the point in what’s needed and not according to the individuals level of knowledge and aspirations
Well done so far Josh Kaufman
Roy
by Will Johnson
Only read the blurb but looks Very Good ????
by Arlyd
The first 20% is just the guy talking about how the book is going to change your life and how everyone who has read it has been so much further ahead in the career because of it. I’d recommend skipping this bit.
After that though it does have some great content. In some cases it’s simply explaining what you may already know but in a way you’ve never thought about before. For example, different types of things you can sell may seem very obvious but it will covers these in much more granularity… It’s something about reading someone else describe these things which makes it a lot more clearer and lets you see it from every angle.
I generally quite happy with the book, just think he should’ve skipped on congratulating himself at the beginning. It would probably put off a lot of people.
by Alexia Gkiouz
First, let me just give the disclaimer that I already have an MBA from a well-known university (albeit not a “top tier” one), and this book was written to replace a traditional MBA for people who wouldn’t get their money’s worth out of it. That being said, I actually really liked this book.
In the meat of it, the book does a good job defining what a business is and how it functions. It introduces many key concepts and frameworks that would help any entrepreneur or manager build and run a successful business. Surprisingly, a hefty chunk of the book is dedicated to personal self-development. As far as self-help texts go, it’s a good one though.
A traditional MBA is expensive, old-fashioned, and unnecessary for all but a few select professions. Even I have to admit that most of what he says is true, but I don’t in any way regret getting my MBA. There are a few extra perks mixed into the traditional MBA that you can’t get in a book, including networking resources, public speaking and professional writing practice, and direct access to experts (professors).
by Al
Wanting to get exposure to the fundamentals of business, I bought this book. I found it generally quite good in its intent. I don’t particularly like the “pill-size” chapters, though they read very easily and are handy for reference, but I prefer longer chapters and more in-depth. I didn’t quite get the psychology bits, I wonder why they’re there, so I just skipped them. From a book with MBA in the title I would expect a more “academic” approach, but read the introduction and you will find out why this is not the case. Overall a good introduction to general business concepts
by Amazon Customer
I was sceptical, the book was good and well written, but it is most useful if you want a basic level of business knowledge across a broad area. There are no particularly in-depth parts, the exception may be on the psychology chapters but I wish that detail would have been in the business side (of note, there are almost no quantitative aspects). Overall, I would recommend it
by KC
Excellent read to understand certain business aspects through a different lens. Well written and structured. Would recommend.