Vote on our First Book for April & May 🗳️📘

[Pesso]

Hey Square Readers, 

Welcome to the Square Readers Book Club!

Me with all of our book options.

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Check out our Announcement Post for our first book for April & May 2023

We’re so excited to kick things off and dive into reading together! But first, we need your help to pick our first book.

These are all books geared towards business owners like you, with strategies that can help run your businesses better. And of course, we’ll all share our own experiences along the way.

We’re starting with 3 books to choose from for our first book for April & May, and we’d love for you to help us decide!

1. Start with Why by Simon Sinek

"Why do you do what you do? Any organization can explain what it does; some can explain how they do it; but very few can clearly articulate why. WHY is not money or profit—those are always results. WHY does your organization exist? WHY does it do the things it does? WHY do customers really buy from one company or another? Starting with WHY works in big business and small business, in the nonprofit world and in politics. Drawing on a wide range of real-life stories, Sinek weaves together a clear vision of what it truly takes to lead and inspire.”

2. The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber

“Small business consultant and author Michael E. Gerber, with sharp insight gained from years of experience, points out how common assumptions, expectations, and even technical expertise can get in the way of running a successful business. Gerber walks you through the steps in the life of a business—from entrepreneurial infancy through adolescent growing pains to the mature entrepreneurial perspective: the guiding light of all businesses that succeed—and shows how to apply the lessons of franchising to any business, whether or not it is a franchise. Most importantly, Gerber draws the vital, often overlooked distinction between working on your business and working in your business.”

3. Competing Against Luck by Clayton M. Christensen

“How do companies know how to grow? How can they create products that they are sure customers want to buy? Can innovation be more than a game of hit and miss? Customers don’t buy products or services; they "hire" them to do a job. The "Jobs to Be Done" approach can be seen in some of the world’s most respected companies and fast-growing startups, including Amazon, Intuit, Uber, Airbnb, and Chobani yogurt, to name just a few. By understanding what causes customers to "hire" a product or service, any business can improve its innovation track record, creating products that customers not only want to hire, but that they’ll pay premium prices to bring into their lives.”

Which one do you want to read first?

Vote by putting the number 1, 2, or 3 (or the book name) in the comments below!

What else is on your list? Do you have any business books you’ve been wanting to read? Put your suggestions in the comments below and we’ll take a look and consider them for the next round for June & July.

Stay tuned, we’ll announce the first book and start things off on Monday, April 3rd!

Make sure you click Join Group at the top of our Book Club Group Hub.

Also head over and help us pick a day & time for our Live Video Chat Discussion!

We can’t wait to read with you!

Pesso

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Check out our Announcement Post for our first book for April & May 2023

[Greenalls]

Hi My business is a community Brass Band. We are very active within the community. We definitely need to identify our reasons for what we do, so my choices are 1,3,2 

Thanks 

[Pesso]

That sounds like a really cool business, @Greenalls ! 

I love that you’ve identified what your need are and want to get back to basics and analyze things. 

Thanks for joining and for your rankings - looking forward to having you as a part of this! 

[Omarmeho]

Firstly,

Thank you for creating this group. It will be of great help to business owners. My business is Music Workflow Academy feel free to Google it. 

I want to read all 3 books!

Lol. 

[Pesso]

Thank you so much, @Omarmeho - I’m really hoping this will help some folks! 

That sounds like a great business! 

So glad that you’re excited for all of the books - does one seem more appealing than the others? Or a ranking maybe? 

[ThePictures]

2

[Pesso]

Thanks for voting, @ThePictures ! 

[Bergamot]

1. Start with Why by Simon Sinek

The Why is so important and something I come back to often. And this would be great as a starting point for the club.

[Pesso]

Thanks @Bergamot - I definitely agree and I’m glad that you see the importance of the why in your business too! 

So great to have you here! 

[mksavage]

My vote is 2. The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber. Thanks for organizing this, @Pesso !

[Pesso]

Thanks for joining, @mksavage ! Such a great choice — can’t wait to see where we go! 

[Bayleys]

2

[Pesso]

Thanks so much, @Bayleys - great to have you here! 

[Jacqueline13]

My order of preference is: 3, 1 then 2. Thanks 🌺 

[Pesso]

Terrific, thanks for the ranking @Jacqueline13 !

[DrewzSoapz]

2

[Pesso]

Thanks @DrewzSoapz !

[DrewzSoapz]

Is there any way of muting everyone's votes? I've deleted over 100 emails since I voted as they keep filling up my inbox.

[Pesso]

Hey @DrewzSoapz and everyone else-

So sorry about all of the email notifications!
Next time I’m absolutely doing a survey instead of comments — I was completely not expecting this many folks to be interested and I am so thankful for all of you! 

To turn off email notifications for a particular post, scroll to the top and, you can click Unsubscribe in the top right corner, or right under it is Thread Options and in that pop up is Unsubscribe. 

This will only turn off email notifications for responses on this particular thread, you will still be notified for other updates or tags, so you’ll stay in the loop for all other book club things! 

Thanks to everyone for voting so far, and new folks can still vote! We’ll announce the chosen book on Monday April 3rd, right after I manually count and tally up alll of these hundreds of votes! 

Thanks again, and can’t wait! 
Pesso

[adjesus]

Order of preference:

3, 2, 1

[jyhoward1066]

I vote to start with the E-Myth Revisited

[Scentedbymissi]

I vote for Start With Why because I went backwards and bought Find Your Why first lol