10 Best business and marketing books recommendations

Show Notes
In this episode, I'm going to share my top 10 business and marketing books to read right now.
These are all books that I've got on the go and I'm reading currently.
Some of them are by authors that I've met and interviewed for the podcast, and who have shared some of the most inspiring stories.
As we delve into the books, I'm going to share not just the book, but a little bit about the author, too and why I've chosen the book, what it's going to do for you, and I hope that you go and check some of them out, even buy them or have a look at some of them online.
Episode Highlights
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- 1:35Billion Dollar Sales Secrets by Joe Paranteau
- 2:57How To Pivot To Win, Jordan Babineaux
- 3:4350 Lessons for Entrepreneurs, Jürgen Ingels
- 4:50FastScaling, Patrick Flesner
- 6:22Stop Talking and Start Doing, Shaa Wasmund
- 7:01The Employee Millionaire, H.J. Chammas
- 8:06Getting Naked, Joel Primus
- 10:39Exit Rich, Michelle Seiler Tucker
- 11:55Billion Dollar Start-Up, Adam Miron
- 13:47Mapping the Mind, Rita Carter
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- Episode · 42
- Published · 13 May 2021
- Run time · 16:29
- Host · Dawn McGruer
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Dawn McGruer is a bestselling author, award-winning keynote speaker and scaling advisor. She has spent over 25 years building, scaling and selling businesses, and has supported more than 30,000 founders, marketers and professionals worldwide.
Her work sits at the intersection of commercial strategy and the psychology of performance — helping founders build companies that grow beyond their own capacity through better models, licensing and intellectual property leverage. She is the author of The Billionaire Brain®, published by Forbes Books.
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