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The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's Untapped Potential
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The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures
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Dan Roam (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 15,817 ratings
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Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
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3.98 avg rating — 98,428 ratings
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Cyber PR for Musicians: Tools, Tricks & Tactics for Building Your Social Media House
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Ariel Hyatt (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Arts Law Conversations: A Surprisingly Readable Guide for Arts Entrepreneurs
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Elizabeth T. Russell (Goodreads Author)
4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Music Business: Career Opportunities and Self-Defense
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3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Business Of Beats: A Common Sense Guide For Selling Beats
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Robert Anderson (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Music Success In Nine Weeks
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Ariel Hyatt (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 30 ratings
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The Social Media Bible: Tactics, Tools, and Strategies for Business Success
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3.71 avg rating — 706 ratings
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The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life
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3.92 avg rating — 11,762 ratings
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The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke
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3.91 avg rating — 6,374 ratings
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Buzzmarketing: Get People to Talk About Your Stuff
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3.62 avg rating — 307 ratings
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Business Model You: A One-Page Method For Reinventing Your Career
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4.01 avg rating — 4,406 ratings
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Visual Meetings: How Graphics, Sticky Notes and Idea Mapping Can Transform Group Productivity
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3.87 avg rating — 1,411 ratings
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Guerrilla Marketing: Easy and Inexpensive Strategies for Making Big Profits from Your Small Business
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3.92 avg rating — 6,548 ratings
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Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business
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Ann Handley (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 3,802 ratings
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Performing Arts Management: A Handbook of Professional Practices
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3.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
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New Songwriter's Guide to Music Publishing
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3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
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How to Make Collaboration Work: Powerful Ways to Build Consensus, Solve Problems, and Make Decisions
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3.62 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Yours for the Asking: An Indispensable Guide to Fundraising and Management, Revised and Expanded
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3.64 avg rating — 77 ratings
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How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day
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Michael J. Gelb (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 6,635 ratings
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Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step
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3.76 avg rating — 4,726 ratings
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Music Business Contract Library Book/Online Media
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The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization
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3.95 avg rating — 1,442 ratings
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The Savvy Musician
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David Cutler (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 149 ratings
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Beyond Talent: Creating a Successful Career in Music
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4.16 avg rating — 135 ratings
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The Musician's Journey: Crafting Your Career Vision and Plan
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3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Lessons from a Street-Wise Professor: What You Won't Learn at Most Music Schools
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This Business of Music
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3.86 avg rating — 256 ratings
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Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work
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3.93 avg rating — 335 ratings
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Music Business Handbook and Career Guide
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4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future
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Chris Guillebeau (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 70,211 ratings
score: 72,
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Managing a Nonprofit Organization in the Twenty-First Century
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3.59 avg rating — 236 ratings
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Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World
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Gary Vaynerchuk (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 9,116 ratings
score: 69,
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How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times
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3.77 avg rating — 1,245 ratings
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Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
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4.20 avg rating — 5,820 ratings
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How to Tell a Story
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3.98 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Break into the Scene: A Musician’s Guide to Making Connections, Creating Opportunities, and Launching a Career
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4.52 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours
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Noah Kagan (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 5,143 ratings
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