The Personal MBA
Master the Art of Business
Ranked #13 in MBA, Ranked #14 in Managerial Accounting — see more rankings.
The consensus is clear: MBA programs are a waste of time and money. Even the elite schools offer outdated assembly-line educations about profit-and-loss statements and PowerPoint presentations. After two years poring over sanitized case studies, students are shuffled off into middle management to find out how business really works.
Josh Kaufman has made a business out of distilling the core principles of business and delivering them quickly and concisely to people at all... more
Reviews and Recommendations
We've comprehensively compiled reviews of The Personal MBA from the world's leading experts.
Brian Burkhart It’s jam-packed with little digestible bites of wisdom—from finance to marketing to organizational development. It’s the guru bible of business. (Source)
Ola Olusoga For business, I've read Influence by Robert Cialdini 3 times, and Traction by Gabriel Weinberg twice, so if number of times read indicates favor, then those are it. There are a whole bunch of others, like The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman, Confession of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy, The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss, and Running Lean by Ash Maurya, that I've also enjoyed and recommend to people. (Source)
Rankings by Category
The Personal MBA is ranked in the following categories:
- #27 in 2010
- #42 in Accounting
- #49 in Business
- #85 in Business Development
- #38 in Business Management
- #86 in Business Strategy
- #99 in Career Guide
- #29 in Corporate Finance
- #39 in E-Commerce
- #68 in Entrepreneurship
- #93 in Financial Management
- #32 in Goal Setting
- #54 in Jobs
- #89 in Marketing Strategy
- #98 in Small Business
- #68 in Startup
- #40 in Venture Capital
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