One common trait of all successful entrepreneurs is keeping up with trends. Be they the newest tools in the digital marketplace to help you spread the word on your product virally, or just the changing trends in managerial thinking. But one thing is certain, a good idea is simply not enough, and we understand that.

To fully actualize your idea and get the edge on the competition you should be on the leading edge – or at least up to date, and while reading a hundred books a year is probably unfeasible, these book recommendations should keep you well informed.

That said be sure to check back often as we’ll be updating this page with additional reading material.

Strategy
: Blue Ocean Strategy – Making the competition irrelevant.
: The Innovator’s Dilemma – When new technologies cause great firms to fail.
: Competitive Advantage
: Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers
: Seeing What’s Next: Using Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change
: Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors

Periodicals
: The Harvard Business Review
: Managing Oneself (Harvard Business Review Classics)
: Harvard Business Review on Culture and Change (“Harvard Business Review” Paperback)
: The Wall Street Journal Online: One-Year Online Subscription
: Entrepreneur Magazine
: Fast Company Magazine
: The Economist & Economist.com Subscription

Internationalization
: Internationalization, Entrepreneurship and the Smaller Firm: Evidence from Around the World
: Innovation and Small Firms
: The New European Rurality: Strategies for Small Firms (Economic Geography)
: The Foundations of Small Business Enterprise: An Entrepreneurial Analysis of Small Firm Inception and Growth (Routledge Studies in Small Business)

Other
: How to Write a Great Business Plan (Harvard Business Review Classics)