The Personal MBA: The bestselling business book containing you everything you need to know about marketing, management and leadership

Good if all you want is a brief overview of the commonly encountered ideas in the business world. The book may be too simplistic and general for some as it does not go into depth on any of the ideas that are presented. Not sure the book by itself will replace an actual MBA degree though (most likely not).

Very general and non-technical, easily gets me to keep turning the pages. But lack of depth in most technical materials. Maybe because i was used to reading engineering books. Overall, use this book as a reference so you know all these ideas and tips are available, but you won't be able to apply them without professional help.

People who know me also know that I don't enjoy reading anything other than short factual snippets. I was planning to start a business again when this book was handed to me. The only things I like reading are things that I can actually use in my life, as opposed to reading for the joy of it. I found this book to be promoting itself a little too much at the beginning, which made me want to stop. Thankfully, I have not. Soon after I reached the core of the book I bought the e-book and started reading it whenever possible until I have finished it. It was a great experience, I can't remember the last time I read a whole book, and I can't remember if I ever read a book the way I did with this one. It's an experience I'm glad of, and I'm happy to add this book to my arsenal and use it as a reference managing my upstarting business.