Tuesday, March 1, 2016

New Reading List

In the Summer 2016, I replaced Kuratko's Entrepreneurship text with a selection of readings, from which students may choose any three. The list is copied in below.

The Official ENT 3003 Reading List

During the semester, you will be asked to complete three reading reflections. These exercises may be found in the assignments list in Canvas. For the first reading reflection, you are asked to select a biography/autobiography of an entrepreneur (the first half of the list). For the second reading reflection, you are asked to make a selection among the general entrepreneurship / business / philosophy part of the list (the second half of the list). For the third reading reflection, you may select any reading from the list, which you have not already completed.

You are asked to read the whole book for these exercises and answer the questions included in the exercises themselves. All of these books are either available in the library (either in print or electronic version) or are available to you via inter-library loan. In other words: Free! And free is always a good thing.

Biography/Autobiography

·         The Wright Brothers, David McCullough
·         To Be Loved, Berry Gordy
·         Coco Chanel, Lisa Chaney
·         Andrew Carnegie, David Nasaw
·         Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson
·         Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, Ashlee Vance
·         Twenty-Seven Dollars and a Dream: How Muhammad Yunus Changed the World and What It Cost Him, Katharine Esty
·         Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald’s, Ray Kroc
·         Miracles Happen, Mary Kay Ash

Entrepreneurship / Business / Philosophy

·         Makers: The New Industrial Revolution, Chris Anderson
·         How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, Scott Adams
·         Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol Dweck
·         Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman
·         Cognitive Surplus, Clay Shirky
·         The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users, Guy Kawasaki
·         Inbound Marketing, Brian Halligan
·         Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Peter Drucker
·         The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More, Chris Anderson