The Entrepreneurs Library With Wade Danielson

In this episode Pejman Ghadimi, also known as PJ, shares his book, Third Circle Theory where he reveals the birth of entrepreneurship.In his book, Ghadimi provides you with a reflection of yourself through the different stages you will go through in life in order to become an entrepreneur. After reading his book you will walk away understanding how much more of life you have control of than you actually think.This book is perfect for the wantrepreneur who is searching for a way into entrepreneurship by overcoming fear and ultimately taking control of life.About Pejman Ghadimi:“I am the founder of The Secret Entourage. My background was spending about six years as an Executive Vice President for Fortune 500 and from there I went on to start two seven figure businesses, one in consulting and the other in the luxury lifestyle arena. And later found that money was no longer the focus in my life and therefore founded Secret Entourage to help younger individuals who don’t have access to great leadership, mentorship

In this episode Micah Yost takes a deep dive into his book, Rhythm, where he addresses the problem when entrepreneurs know they need to be creative, but essentially lack the ability.In his book, Yost provides you with a field guide for solving this problem with a purpose to boost your creative confidence with a solid and approachable guideline to become consistently effective at innovation.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs who lack the ability to generate ideas or have ideas they have yet seen to succeed.About Micah Yost:“I live right in the middle of the country in Omaha Nebraska and work with an awesome group of creative people at a company called Elevate where we do digital brand and design. My undergrad is in the arts and my graduate degree is in business. I’ve spent the past decade working right at that intersection of creativity, innovation and business.I was on an airplane a couple months back flying into Tennessee to speak at a conference called Everywhere Else. I was planning on talking about so

In this episode Steve Scott shares his book, Habit Stacking, where you will discover 97 quick habits that can instantly change your life.In his book, Scott teaches you to discover how to manage a simple routine that you can repeat on a daily basis along with a few tools that will keep you motivated and consistent.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs like you who want to make giant leaps forward in business, strengthen personal relationships, stay on top of finances, get organized, and improve health and fitness.About Steve Scott:“I have been self-employed for the last 10 years in a variety of internet businesses specifically the last two years I have been into Kindle publishing. I got into habit development because I wanted to improve my own life and now I write books that come from my personal experience and things I have talked about with other people.To be honest it came from a position of frustration. I wanted to figure out a way to put the little habits into a single routine and for a year I did this e

In his book, Michalowicz shows you the correct formula for success as opposed to the original from Generally Accepted Accounting Principles of GAAP. He proposes a new formula about selling as much as you can, extract your profit from your business first and then pay your expenses with the remainder. His approach changes the entire paradigm.This book is perfect for all entrepreneurs who have based their businesses profitability on the formula of sales minus expenses equals profit. By taking the advice from this book, there will be less money for expenses, your behavior will change and you will find ways to get the same things done with less money.About Mike Michalowicz:“I am an author targeted toward small business books and how to grow them to be successful and competitive in market. I challenge all the beliefs that are out there about growing a business and study other businesses to find the current formula for success.After selling my second company I thought I knew the formula to success and became full of

In this episode Mike Michalowicz takes a deep dive into his bestselling book, The Pumpkin Plan, where he helps you implement a unique strategy for growing your business.In his book, Michalowicz utilizes the techniques that farmers use to grow colossal pumpkins. His theory is that pumpkin farming provides some similarities in growing a successful business and he provides you all of the steps to do so.This book is perfect for entrepreneurs and business owners who are struggling to grow their business and have too many tasks on their plate. Michalowicz gives you the steps to focus on that one thing you do well and becoming a master at it so you can experience colossal growth.About Mike Michalowicz:I am an author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, The Pumpkin Plan and Profit First. I write books to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses. I challenge all the beliefs that are around because I believe most of our beliefs are hurting our businesses and propose new ways to do it.I started studying colossal pumpkin fa

In this episode Mike Michalowicz shares his book, The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, where he gives you the business tools to get ready for building a business and the kick in the behind to get started.In his book, Michalowicz provides his perception on what entrepreneurship is and how you can navigate starting and building a business when you have no resources. The difference between this book and others like it is Michalowicz connects entrepreneurship to the bathroom experience when we find a way to survive on a very small amount of toilet paper.This book is perfect for the aspiring entrepreneur who needs the tools to startup when they don't have money and for the established entrepreneur in need of realigning their business.About Mike Michalowicz:“I am an author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, The Pumpkin Plan and Profit First. Prior to becoming an author I was a fulltime entrepreneur growing a couple companies and today the forefront of my activities is writing books and talking about them.I wanted to chall

In this episode Charlie Houpert takes a dive into his book, Charisma on Command, where he shares his personal story on how he went from extreme introvert to an extrovert all on his own.In his book, Houpert gives you an in depth action guide to improving your social skills through conversing, presenting, and conveying positive feelings.This book is perfect for all types of entrepreneurs who are introverts trapped in a comfort bubble when it comes to socializing with others or extroverts who need to polish their social listening skills and charm.About Charlie Houpert:“I grew up on the east coast, lived in a bunch of different places but right now I am living in Vegas. I run a company called Charisma on Command with my best friends and co-founder. The whole point of this company is to teach people to be more charismatic and to do it on command.I grew up incredibly shy, voted the shyest kid in my high school class of over 500 people and lived that way through college. At some point I got fed up with it, went abro

In this episode Natalie Sisson takes a deep dive into her book, The Suitcase Entrepreneur, where she reveals the ups and downs of traveling while running a business.In her book Sisson takes you through 3 different acts where you will learn about freedom and adventure, how to build an online business you can run from anywhere, and how to live out of a suitcase.This book is perfect for the entrepreneur who wants to choose their own adventure in order to do whatever they want in life including traveling the world.About Natalie Sisson:“I have been traveling and living out of my suitcase for four full years now. I have no home and am the suitcase entrepreneur. I love to create a ton of freedom and adventure in my life and those of others. I’ve build a brand and a business based around doing that and helping people build profitable businesses they can run from anywhere.I have been doing this for such a long time now and I felt I finally had a book in me to write about. I wanted to share my journey and how people ha

In this episode Brad Stone shares his national bestselling book, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and The Age of Amazon, he unveils the inspiration and the real business lessons learned from creating such a large company. Stone takes you on a journey through the life of Jeff Bezos as he built Amazon from the ground up and is meant to be a story that all entrepreneurs and business owners can relate to. This book is perfect for the entrepreneur who wants to learn the ins-and-outs, the trials-and-errors, and the ups-and-downs of growing a business from average to amazing.About Brad Stone:“I am a senior writer at Bloomberg Businessweek magazine and author of The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon. It came out last October, won the Goldman Sachs/Financial Times Business book of the year award and just came out in paperback.I’ve covered Silicon Valley for about 15 years now for the New York Times, Newsweek Magazine and BusinessWeek and in those times I’ve seen a lot of my colleagues write great book

In this episode Lloyd Shefsky takes you on a deep dive into his book, Invent Reinvent Thrive, where he unveils some keys to success for any startup, entrepreneur, or family business. In his book, Shefsky takes you on a journey of reinvention to explain the difference between generations, how to build confidence, how to reinvent yourself, how to deal with naysayers, how to reinvent a business, and the lessons learned from very successful entrepreneurs and family business owners. This book is perfect for the entrepreneur who is struggling to find success and is at a loss for moving forward.About Lloyd Shefsky:“I am a Clinical Professor at the Kellogg School of Management. I wrote Entrepreneurs Are Made Not Born which became a best-seller and now in eight languages. I have been teaching entrepreneurship for about 18 years both at the Kellogg School, China, Japan and other places. I consult with entrepreneurs; consult with family business people and the founder/co-director of the Center for Family Enterprises.For

In this episode Alexandra Watkins shares her book, Hello My Name is Awesome, where she teaches you how to create brand names that stick.In her book, Watkins delivers the real insights into naming a business and clever ways to create a slogan so entrepreneurs can learn the proper techniques for branding business.This book is perfect for the entrepreneur or small business owner who does not have the budget to hire the services of a branding agency, but has the will power to learn how to do it themselves.About Alexandra Watkins:“I am a self-taught person who didn’t go to college. When I was in eighth grade I knew I wanted to be in advertising and I was able to talk my way into an internship with an ad agency. I eventually landed at Ogilvy and Mather. I talked my way into becoming a namer at Lander while on a Match.com date. I am an interesting person and traveled to more than 45 countries including Libya, Zimbabwe and Cuba.I did not want to write a book, my parents are authors and I know that writing a book is a

In this episode Brandon Epstein shares his book, Limitless Energy, where he provides 10 simple daily habits to naturally boost energy. Epstein is a firm believer that when you provide enough energy it allows you to take all the other tools you have at your disposal and use them with much more effectiveness.In his book Epstein walks you through 10 daily habits to create sustainable and limitless energy such as breathing properly, hydration, meditation, nutrition, and much more.This book is perfect for the very busy and resourceful entrepreneur who needs an extra boost of energy in order to perform with greater effectiveness.About Brandon Epstein:“I have a company called Entrepreneur Fitness where we take all the inspiration and tools possible, through it up on EntrepreneurFitness.com where we provide resources for entrepreneurs to help them take their game to the next level.I was a professional fitness model that turned into an Entrepreneur with an app company and I realized while getting into entrepreneurship

In this episode Ronen Gafni and Simcha Gluck take a deep dive into their book, The New Entrepreneurz. In their book, Gafni and Gluck talk about entrepreneurship as a mindset and you can have a mindset of an entrepreneur even if you won’t have a business. A lot of books on entrepreneurship are from authors who are at the end of their journey and this book starts in the middle. As you read each chapter you will find yourself participating in a fun, bite-size lesson you can apply to your life or business. This book is perfect for the wantrepreneur or first-time entrepreneur who has yet to fully grasp the concept and evolution of entrepreneurship today.About Ronen Gafni and Simcha Gluck:“My name is Ronen Gafni, I am 42 years old, have two kids and live in Israel. I developed a game called FreshBiz, it’s the game for development of independent real thinking. It’s been a journey for the past 10 years. Simcha and I have been touring the globe playing the game with over 20 thousand people from 20 different countries

In this episode Kevin Short shares his book, Sell Your Business for an Outrageous Price. In his book, Short unveils over 5 years of research in selling businesses combined with over 25 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions. Unlike other books that teach you how to sell your business, this book takes you one step further to prepare business owners like you in getting more than twice what your business is worth. Sell Your Business for an Outrageous Price is the perfect book for business owners looking to sell their organization that are making between 10 and 100 million dollars in revenue.About Kevin Short:“I am the Managing Partner and CEO of Clayton Capital Partners. I have been in investment banking, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, for 25 years. I’m married and a father of four girls who keep me busy all of the time.I’ve done hundreds of deals in my M&A career and about 10 years ago I began to see this phenomenon of taking a company to market, expecting to get a 5 multiple of earnings

In this episode Nadya Zhexembayeva takes a deep dive into her book, Overfished Ocean Strategy. This book is not your typical guide on how to be innovative, but instead is a survival plan for your business during times of recession. The goal for Zhexembayeva is to provide you and other small business owners with a look into the future of the global economy along with successful stories of businesses that are driving innovation and strategic realignment in order to survive.About Nadya Zhexembayeva:“I am a business owner in the consulting world and teach at business schools around the world to primarily executives. I have been working in executive education since 2006 nonstop.I wanted to find a new way of innovated business models and strategies for companies and started researching ways to do that. I was trying to understand what makes companies enter this new domain and what makes the path successful for those who succeed in this approach. This was kind of accidental research and a few publishers asked me if I

In this episode Barry Moltz shares his book, How To Get Unstuck, where he helps entrepreneurs identify the top pain points they are stuck on. His book takes you through the major areas where entrepreneurs tend to get stuck such as marketing, sales, management leadership, social media, and customer service.About Barry Moltz:“I work with small businesses to get people unstuck and had three businesses the last 20 years. The first business went out of business, the second business I was kicked out by my two partners and the third business I was lucky enough to sell in July of 1999 and paid back the bank the 1.3 million I owed them.There are a lot of books out there that focus on one specific area where they help start entrepreneurs get their company off the ground. What happens is a lot of people start a business and after two or three years the business isn’t where they thought it would be and that’s typically because they are stuck in one of five areas. I identify the top 25 things that are going through their

In this episode Charlie Gilkey takes a dive into his book, The Small Business Lifecycle. Unlike other business books that focus solely on marketing and sales, The Small Business Lifecycle discusses how to grow your business through different lifecycles. This book is unique in that it offers entrepreneurs and small business owner real challenges, opportunities, and inconvenient truths about running a small business.About Charlie Gilkey:“I founded and run a website called Productive Flourishing which is about helping creative people take their ideas and make something good happen in the world. It’s not so much for the dreamer; it’s for the inspired doer. Before starting Productive Flourishing I was simultaneously completing my PhD in Philosophy which I am still working on and I was an Army Joint Force Military Logistics coordinator.I’m a business coach and worked with a range of people who would come to me trying to do things that they were either told to do or read about that were inappropriate for their busin

In this episode Michael J Maher takes a deep dive into his book, The Seven Levels of Communication, which is the perfect guide for entrepreneurs who need help becoming an effective communicator and building strong relationships. The purpose of this sales book is to help you quit marketing to strangers and start communicating with friends. As a best-seller for over 4 years, 7L teaches you that giving generously and allowing time to build relationships is the key to establishing a successful business.About Michael Maher:“For many years I made the American dream come true for buyers of homes and helped them create the ultimate client experience. I have a real estate company in Kansas City and coach, train and oversee over 1,500 real estate personalities. In 2004 I was introduced to the world as North Americas most preferred real estate professional and once that happened I started speaking about how to generate referrals. Ten years later and my last audience had over 50 different professions, entrepreneurs and s

In this episode George Berkowski shares his book for entrepreneurs interested in the mobile app development business. This book is the original guide for showing you how to create an app and what you need to know about the app industry. If you are interested in creating iPhone apps or Android apps and want to get into the mobile business this is a must read for you.About George Berkowski:“I’ve been involved in startups, technology and all that kind of stuff ever since graduating Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I have been working in a variety of different startups, both successful and non from the very beginning. Most recently I was a part of the early team at the International Taxi app called Hailo. Started a few startups before that and then wanted to focus on a new venture which is what lead to this book.There really isn’t anything out there in terms of books about mobile centric businesses. Given that apps have only been around for very few years, there has been very little in the way of explaining

In this episode Ken Horn shares his book, Everyday Entrepreneurs which was created out of the frustration of not finding all of the answers needed to start a business. This book is perfect for the wantrepreneur who is looking for a reference guide to validate their decision to start a new business. What makes Everyday Entrepreneurs different from other books is that it is based on the experiences of other people who have decided to make the leap in creating a startup.About Ken Horn:“I am new to the book publishing business but been in the startup community for a good number of years. I’ve worked for different leading agencies for enterprise and business startup. More recently I have started my own nationwide field base program helping people startup on their own and providing them with the right level of advice that they typically need.This book was born out of frustration. We needed more answers to the questions that everyday entrepreneurs have and I wasn’t finding them. That’s when I decided to write Everyd