The Personal MBA 10th Anniversary Edition
Josh Kaufman

The Personal MBA 10th Anniversary Edition

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The 10th anniversary edition of the bestselling foundational business training manual for ambitious readers, featuring new concepts and mental models: updated, expanded, and revised.
Many people assume they need to attend business school to learn how to build a successful business or advance in their career. That's not true. The vast majority of modern business practice requires little more than common sense, simple arithmetic, and knowledge of a few very important ideas and principles.
The Personal MBA 10th Anniversary Edition provides a clear overview of the essentials of every major business topic: entrepreneurship, product development, marketing, sales, negotiation, accounting, finance, productivity, communication, psychology, leadership, systems design, analysis, and operations management...all in one comprehensive volume.
Inside you'll learn concepts such as:
The 5 Parts of Every Business : You can understand and improve any business, large or small, by focusing on five fundamental topics.
The 12 Forms of Value : Products and services are only two of the twelve ways you can create value for your customers.
4 Methods to Increase Revenue : There are only four ways for a business to bring in more money. Do you know what they are?
Business degrees are often a poor investment, but business skills are always useful, no matter how you acquire them.
The Personal MBA will help you do great work, make good decisions, and take full advantage of your skills, abilities, and available opportunities--no matter what you do (or would like to do) for a living. Read more

Editor's Take

Amazon reviewers say this edition is well-organized, concise, and easy to read, with useful coverage of business basics like value creation, marketing, sales, finance, negotiation, and operations. Goodreads and StoryGraph readers similarly describe it as a practical business primer or a dictionary of business concepts, though some note it stays surface-level and may not go deep enough for readers wanting detailed MBA-style treatment. A review blog praises its no-nonsense, accessible style and actionable insights, while also acknowledging that some readers see it as more of an overview than a full replacement for formal business study. On YouTube, search results surfaced videos specifically about this edition, including review and summary content.

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Specifications

Publisher Portfolio
Publication date September 1, 2020
Edition Anniversary
Language English
Print length 496 pages
ISBN-10 0525543023
ISBN-13 978-0525543022
Item Weight 2.31 pounds
Dimensions 5.49 x 1.02 x 8.43 inches
Best Sellers Rank #3,759 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #15 in Marketing (Books) #23 in Business Management (Books) #32 in Entrepreneurship (Books)
Customer Reviews 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (5,377)

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