The Best Business Books of the Past Years

Many business books have come and gone throughout the past year, but some are far more influential than they should be. They’re exciting and full of knowledge, but what else makes these books great? What makes them stand out from all the rest?vHere are some of the best business books of the past year:

1. Building the Google: Sergey Brin, Larry Page, and Sergey’s Quest to Build the World’s Greatest Company by Ashlee Vance

This book is about the story of how Google was created. It covers all the reasons it’s been so successful and what makes it successful. It’s informative and full of excellent knowledge that most business people could use. It covers what made Google who they are and how it was once a small company that soon grew into one of the biggest tech companies in the world.

2. The Open Organization: Igniting Passion and Performance by Jim Whitehurst

Jim Whitehurst is the CEO of Red Hat, a company that focuses on open-source software solutions. Open-source software is often considered inferior to the closed software, but he would disagree with that. Whitehurst’s book is one of the best business books of the past year(2021) because it was published by Amazon and rated 4.4 out of 5 stars. This book is about how good leadership and how a company should be managed can help make a company more successful. It talks about why Red Hat has become so successful and what they did differently that made them the company they are today.

3. The Myth of the Rational Market: Simon Kwan, James D. Hamilton, and William R. Kerr

This book was published by Simon Kwan and James Hamilton, both professors at Stanford University. It was written by Stanford University professors, which means it’s one of the best business books. This book is about how the idea that markets are rational is more of a myth than anything else. The financial sector in the past decade has made investors believe that they could predict what would happen, but they couldn’t. This book covers what the financial industry has been doing wrong and why markets are not as rational as they thought.

4. Palo Alto: The Genius of the Place by James L. Foster

James Foster is a city planner and has written a book about the design of Palo Alto, California. This is one of the best business books to have come out recently because it’s so informative. It covers what Palo Alto was like in the past, how it changed, and why people live there. It talks about all of the businesses created there that helped make it what it is today, which makes this book full of excellent knowledge.

About Amir Shemony

Amir Shemony is a certified digital marketing professional in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated from the Institution of Colorado Boulder, a publicly funded research university, with two Bachelor of Arts degrees. He majored in Psychology and Communications. Amir is presently enrolled at the University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business as an MBA candidate. He is currently pursuing his MBA in Business Administration and General Management.

As the Vice President of the now-flourishing FC Cincinnati, Amir Shemony was responsible for various marketing and branding responsibilities, including creative asset creation, media purchasing, e-mail marketing communications, grassroots marketing, and gameday presentation. Amir also grew the business internally through multi-year, campaign-based marketing strategies within departments, profit from ticket and merchandise sales, and sponsorship integration. To engage and measure total fan involvement with the FC Cincinnati brand, Amir and his team used numerous technological partners/platforms, including the successful launch of a customer relationship management solution (Salesforce) that handled over 60,000 subscribers’ communications. Amir was a key player throughout the FC Cincinnati rebranding process, done in anticipation of the club becoming an MLS franchise.

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