[LRUG] Switching from solo contractor to being a development company

[Riccardo Tacconi]

'Business Stripped Bare' is not so bad compared with other books, but I am
not Branson and I don't run Virgin :-)

On 17 February 2012 16:44, Andrew Stewart <boss at airbladesoftware.com> wrote:

>
> On 17 Feb 2012, at 11:37, Sidu Ponnappa wrote:
> > You don't have to get an MBA, but you do
> > need to have a steady stream of books that you read and people that
> > you learn from. The bare minimum I would recommend is getting a
> > subscription to 'The Economist' and reading it religiously every week.
>
> I disagree with this.  Reading The Economist might help if you are CEO of
> a multinational corporation but it's a waste of time for fledgling
> companies.  And if you read it religiously every week it will soak up a lot
> of time which could be much more usefully spent talking to your
> actual/prospective customers.
>
> Don't get me wrong: I like The Economist and find it interesting; and it
> makes me feel clever.  But one day I realised I had read it week in, week
> out for ten years and it hadn't given me a single piece of actionable
> information for my business.
>
> I believe the same applies to most business books.  They make you feel
> like you're achieving something but usually you aren't.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy Stewart
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