The University of the Arts (UArts) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, closed its doors for good in June 2024. This should be surprising enough, given the institution’s 150-year history, but the sudden closure announcement just a few months earlier made things even more shocking. The administrators alluded...

Jeff Binkley’s Dead Cat Bounce combines investment advice with the story of a thirty-year career spent working inside financial markets. The author begins with the decision to become a stockbroker after seeing Wall Street in 1987, then follows the path that eventually takes him to...

The Burnout Imperative opens with Patrice Bonfiglio breaking down in tears during a flamenco show in Madrid. That turning point, along with a later health scare, forces her to face years of ignored exhaustion and stress hidden beneath her image as a driven, successful hedge-fund...

Sophia Toh’s The G.A.M.E. of Life is a memoir and coaching book built around the author’s search for a meaningful definition of success. After leaving Malaysia for the United States at eighteen, Toh entered business, eventually leading billion-dollar operations before becoming an executive coach. Those...

Talk Numbers to Me: A Surprisingly Simple Guide to Loving the Language of Money by Erica Ash is a business finance book built specifically for women entrepreneurs. The book opens at a lakeside bar in Tahoe, where Ash watches a table of confident, chatty women...

John Guszak’s Read the Room is a leadership and communication guide about noticing what people leave unsaid and responding in ways that fit the situation. Drawing on thirty-plus years of working with people in very different environments, the book treats conversation as only one source...

The Tenacious Leader: Your Map to Overcome Change Fatigue by Michelle Smeby is a business guide for executives and managers stuck trying to drive transformation through teams exhausted by too much of it. The book opens with a personal moment on a hiking trail in...

Profit Generating Pipeline by Leslie Venetz is a sales leadership book for teams that need outbound prospecting to produce dependable revenue. Its Earn the Right philosophy treats a buyer’s time as something sellers deserve through useful contact, turning trust into the pipeline's foundation. The book...

Thousands of AI startups have sprung up over the last few years. So, how can investors take advantage of this market opportunity? William K. Smith is a veteran investor, entrepreneur, and founder and CEO of Renaissance Capital. According to Smith, the perfect time to invest...

Need It, Don't Want It by Jay Avigdor is a business memoir with a clever structural twist. It opens with the author at the peak of success, running his financing company Velocity through a stretch so busy that IPO talk is buzzing through the office,...