Websites are a good place to get information, but it is just as important to build a library of books that can help provide guidance on how to manage your business.
   The overriding theme of my articles and podcasts is that financial management is ultimately about maximizing the value of your company.  Doing so means it will be easier to borrow money or raise equity, as well as to obtain a higher price for your company when you sell.
    Investors and buyers want to know that a company is well managed, not just in the financial area, but in all areas.  The following books are part of my library, and I recommend that you make them part of yours.  They will not only help you understand and better utilize basic management concepts, but will also help you develop a more integrated management system.
    All of the books can be found at Amazon.com, except one, in which case I have noted the website where you can go to buy it.
- Cash Flow Problem Solver: Common Problems and Practical Solutions – Bryan E. Milling
- The E Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It – Michael E. Gerber
- E Myth Mastery: The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World Class Company – Michael E. Gerber
- Fatal Illusions: Shredding a Dozen Unrealities That Can Keep Your Organization From Success – James R. Lucas
- Financial Management (Barron’s Business Library – http://barronseduc.com/) – Joel G. Siegel, Ph.D., CPA and Jae K. Shim, Ph.D.
- First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently – Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
- Good to Great – Jim Collins
- High Probability Selling: Re-invents the Selling Process – Jacques Werth and Nicholas E. Ruben
- Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing – Harry Beckwith
- The 100 Simple Secrets of Successful People: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It – David Niven, Ph.D.
- Triggers: 30 Sales Tools You Can Use to Control the Mind of Your Prospect to Motivate, Influence and Persuade – Joseph Sugarman