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Entrepreneurship Lessons from Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison is remembered as one of history’s greatest inventors, but few people study him because of his business acumen. The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World reveals entrepreneurship lessons from Thomas Edison that hold timeless insights, especially for founders navigating uncertain markets. While Edison built a name synonymous…
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March Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in March 2025
March may have been the month with the most books that I stopped reading. I put down quite a few books that did not make my March reading list. For whatever reason, a majority of the books I started reading never resonated with me. What I ended up with in my March reading list was…
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February Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in February 2025
I put down more books than I can count this past month. That led to a February reading list of only high-quality books that I plan to re-read. Putting down books is one of my reading goals this year. In addition, I have a goal to read at least one book per month. The books…
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January Reading List: 5 Best Books I Read in January 2025
One of my primary reading goals in 2025 is to start a ton of books and then stop reading said books that do not pique my interest early in the book. I have come to realize over many years that there are too many books that I will never get to read if I grind…
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2024 Reading List: My 51 Best Books of 2024
What a reading year in 2024! I read 51 books this past year spanning book categories of Energy, the American Revolution, Finance and Investing, Entrepreneurship, Fiction, the Civil War, Philosophy and Stoicism, Self Help, Parenting, Sports, and New Orleans. I certainly grew from reading each of these books in my best books of 2024 list.…
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