The Best Business Minds 1st Top 20 Best Business Books Awards Class

Congratulations to the first class of the first annual first Top 20: The Best Business Minds Book Awards for 2024. The selection process, which took four months, involved college business majors, both undergraduate and graduate, reading and listening to books. The criteria we decided upon are as follows:

• Business educational value.
• Inspiring the reader to positively change the world.
• Stimulating intellectual curiosity.

Improving their skill set, including innovating new products and services, leadership, marketing, sales, and raising capital.

• Allen Adamson?Seeing the How: Transforming what people do, not buy, to gain market advantage
• Peter Compo?The Emergent Approach to Strategy: Adaptive Design & Execution
• Elizabeth Zelman and Jerry Neumann?Founder vs Investor: The Honest Truth About Venture Capital from Startup to IPOW.
• Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne?Beyond Disruption
• Tim Draper?The Startup Hero
• Antonio Garrido?My Daily Leadership: A Powerful Roadmap for Leadership Success
• Marilyn Gist?The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility
• Karim Harbott?The 6 Enablers of Business Agility
• Julie Henry?Wisdom from the Wild: The Nine Unbreakable Laws of Leadership from the Animal Kingdom
• Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey?The Brain Savers: How a Scrappy Startup Transformed Telemedicine and Patient Care
• Hortensele Gentil?THE UNLOCKED LEADER: Dare to Free Your Own Voice, Lead with Empathy, and Shine Your Light in the World
• Joanne McCall?Media Darling: Shine Through Every Interview
• John Miles?Passion Struck: Twelve Powerful Principles to Unlock Your Purpose and Ignite Your Most Intentional Life
• Ted Moser?WINNING THROUGH PLATFORMS: How to Succeed When Every Competitor Has One
• Raja Rajamannar?Quantum Marketing: Mastering the New Marketing Mindset for Tomorrow's Consumers
• Don Schmincke?Winners and Losers: Entrepreneurs Lessons from 30,000 CEOs on How to Come Out on Top
• Dr. Laura Sicola?Speaking to Influence: Mastering Your Leadership Voice
• Stan Silverman?Be Different! The Key to Business and Career Success
• Richard Steel?Elevated Economics
• Chip Walker?ACTIVATE BRAND PURPOSE: How to Harness the Power of Movements to Transform Your Company