Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneur Duo’s Unfiltered Look at What It Takes to Succeed

Let’s be clear. I am not an entrepreneur and never will be. Yet I have worked with many with that label throughout my career (you know who you are — no worries, your secrets are safe). This makes me imminently more qualified than the average bear to review a book…

Jim AlkonMarch 13, 2025

How Julia Found Happiness and Financial Success by Michael Colburn

Business Fiction

Real-Life Lessons Found in Accomplished Businessman’s Short Novel

“That’s a lot better method than a dart board.” Words from the young entrepreneur Julia in Michael G. Colburn’s short book with a long title, How Julia Found Happiness and Financial Success: Your Guide to Making Money in a Service Business. The book is written in novel form, but its…

Jim AlkonFebruary 19, 2025

Author Spotlight

Tech Expert’s Guide to Boosting Adaptability & Competitive Advantage in Business

“Pivoting is not a dirty word but rather a competitive advantage.” So says Joseph Hanna, author of Pivoting as a Way of Life: Stop Chasing Unicorns and Product-Market Fit — a game-changing guide for entrepreneurs, product managers and innovators who want to thrive in today's fast-paced business environment. Hanna’s book…

BookTribDecember 4, 2024

Business

Expert’s Innovative Strategy of Pivoting to Meet Consumer Needs

It’s the consummate pivot, exemplified, in all places, in a television series. Schitt’s Creek follows the trials and tribulations of the formerly wealthy Rose family. After their business manager embezzles the family business, the family loses its fortune and relocates to Schitt's Creek, a town they once purchased as a…

Jim AlkonNovember 20, 2024

Nonfiction Recommended

Business Playbook for Former Athletes Turned Budding Entrepreneurs

After the Game by Jay Dixon is not just a book; it's a playbook for harnessing the invaluable lessons learned from the competitive world of college or professional athletics and applying them to the game of life. Dixon, a former D1 college football player turned successful business leader, expertly blends…

Wyatt SemenukApril 2, 2024

Crash Course A Founders Journey by Ricardo Jimenez

Nonfiction Recommended

Instructing Aspiring Entrepreneurs on What NOT to Do

The idea that one day you invent that one product, service or company that sends you soaring into entrepreneurial success is an enduring fantasy for many. It means bye-bye to that nightmare boss, unfulfilling job or hours chained to the corporate desk. Finally, you think, it’s time to take the…

Christina HennessyJune 18, 2024

Author Discovery Zone Book Club Network Business Nonfiction

A Mirror and a Prayer and the Wild Road to Success

The boldly blonde mohawked Gina Rivera is an amalgamation of what many would label contradictory circumstances. Once a high school dropout, Gina's now a successful entrepreneur, president and hair expert of Phenix Salon Suites, with locations nationwide. She's worked hard to transform her hair-styling dreams into a beauty empire. Gina's…

Rebecca ProulxJuly 31, 2019

Business Nonfiction Recommended

Entrepreneurial Coach Proves Any Dream Is Possible With Right Skills and Mindset

It is said that Thomas Edison tried more than 1,000 times to invent the light bulb before he got it right. Thank God he kept at it. He had what author and entrepreneur Will Skeeters calls “relentless determination,” a common trait that seems to run through the blood of all…

Jim AlkonSeptember 1, 2023

Romance

A Romantic Heroine Makes Ripples in the Gilded Age

In Maya Rodale’s Duchess by Design, (Avon) Miss Adeline Black is a seamstress on a mission to change the world, one pocket at a time. A dress isn’t just a dress to Ada -- it’s a statement. In 1895 New York City, the right dress on the right woman could…

Krista BegganNovember 1, 2018

Nonfiction

Author and Thought Leader Nicolas Cole Talks about the Struggles of the Millennial Writer (Interview)

Gone are the days when a writer can hide behind their work and live in a thatched roof cottage sipping a stiff glass of bourbon. Legendary authors like Thomas Pynchon who became just as famous for their literary work as for their notorious reclusiveness are a thing of the past.…

Matt GillickFebruary 27, 2017

Business Business - Featured Nonfiction

Perfect Blueprint for Starting Up Your Own Business

But dreams are easily shattered: The Small Business Administration indicates that 20 percent of all small businesses fail in their first year; 50 percent last no more than five years; and 33 percent can give themselves a gold watch for lasting at least 10 years. If you’re looking for…

Jim AlkonFebruary 19, 2019

Business Nonfiction

Boys Like #GirlBoss; Girls Like Cars and Money

I just graduated, and like many of you facing a big turning point -- surprise! -- I don’t have it all figured out. So, like any red-blooded male facing something new and difficult, I pulled myself up by my bootstraps, put my nose to the grindstone, and picked up a…

BookTrib Guest AuthorFebruary 8, 2017

Business Nonfiction

Author and Entrepreneur Peter Kozodoy Fills BookTrib in on Publishing’s Millennial-Driven Future

Since Gutenberg’s printing press, the book world has been in constant flux. But never have we seen such a drastic change in platform, genre, subject matter, and style than we have these last 15 years. Instead of the paperback, you get the Kindle format. Or, instead of the tablet, you…

Matt GillickFebruary 3, 2017

Business Nonfiction

Video: Missed It? Live Interview with Fran Tarkenton, veteran entrepreneur and legendary Hall of Fame quarterback

We're thrilled to welcome Fran Tarkenton for a #BTLiveChat this month! Tarkenton is a veteran entrepreneur and legendary Hall of Fame quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants. He is the founder of Tarkenton Companies and the Tarkenton Institute, which is focused on entrepreneurial education and development. As…

BookTribJune 4, 2015

Better Self Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

“One Bag O’ Gold” Teaches Entrepreneurship Through Biblical Wisdom

Faith, as defined by Webster and aptly referenced by Stuart D. Anderson in his book One Bag O’ Gold: Biblical Inspirations for Entrepreneurship (Barnes & Noble Press) is “a confidence, belief or assurance not based on proof.” The author elaborates that “it is when you know something as Truth, deep…

BookTribApril 7, 2021

Better Self Business Nonfiction

“Mompreneur” Helps Working Moms Juggle Business and Family Like a Boss

Working mothers have often faced criticism with respect to dividing their attention between their career and their family. (Someone should really close that peanut gallery from which strangers feel so comfortable shouting unsolicited opinions.) “You’re abandoning your children!” seems to be the most popular indictment of working mothers. There’s also…

BookTribMay 14, 2021

Entrepreneur Duo’s Unfiltered Look at What It Takes to Succeed

Real-Life Lessons Found in Accomplished Businessman’s Short Novel

Tech Expert’s Guide to Boosting Adaptability & Competitive Advantage in Business

Expert’s Innovative Strategy of Pivoting to Meet Consumer Needs

Business Playbook for Former Athletes Turned Budding Entrepreneurs

Instructing Aspiring Entrepreneurs on What NOT to Do

A Mirror and a Prayer and the Wild Road to Success

Entrepreneurial Coach Proves Any Dream Is Possible With Right Skills and Mindset

A Romantic Heroine Makes Ripples in the Gilded Age

Author and Thought Leader Nicolas Cole Talks about the Struggles of the Millennial Writer (Interview)

Perfect Blueprint for Starting Up Your Own Business

Boys Like #GirlBoss; Girls Like Cars and Money

Author and Entrepreneur Peter Kozodoy Fills BookTrib in on Publishing’s Millennial-Driven Future

Video: Missed It? Live Interview with Fran Tarkenton, veteran entrepreneur and legendary Hall of Fame quarterback

“One Bag O’ Gold” Teaches Entrepreneurship Through Biblical Wisdom

“Mompreneur” Helps Working Moms Juggle Business and Family Like a Boss

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