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EXPAND YOUR SKILLS, GAIN INSIGHT, AND GET INSPIRED WITH THESE TOP PICKS. GOOD READS Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself By Sheila Bair In her book, former FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair succinctly states, "We need to reclaim control of our economic future. That is why I wrote this book." Bair served as head of the FDIC from June 2006 to July 2011. She not only watched the financial crisis unfold during that time, but she also worked alongside business and financial leaders to prevent conditions from worsening and restore the economy. Through her experiences, Bair is Uplifting Service: The Proven Path to Delighting Your Customers, Colleagues, and Everyone Else You Meet By Ron Kaufman We live in a culture teeming with social media. People constantly share their experiences on Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, and Instagram. Yet, businesses do not take advantage of the marketing power of this social reality, according to Bloomberg Businessweek columnist and author Ron Kaufman. To illustrate the importance able to offer a close and candid look at the main players on Wall Street and key officials within the federal government. Bair begins Bull by the Horns by describing a meeting at Treasury, where she gives her take on leaders of the biggest financial institutions, including Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, and Vikram Pandit, the former CEO of Citigroup. Bair not only attempts to explain of the customer's voice, Kaufman says to think about the last time you bought a book on Amazon and asks "Did you read the publisher's comments first or did you read the customer reviews?" Most people, Kaufman asserts, read the customer reviews because they trust the opinions of other consumers. But how does one encourage the financial crisis, but she does so with the intent to clear away "myths" and "half-truths" on how it occurred. She also provides her take on how the nation can return its financial and regulatory systems to health. The Entrepreneur's Secret to Creating Wealth: How the Smartest Business Owners Build Their Fortunes By Chris Hurn Some consider an SBA 504 loan key to achieving success as a commercial real estate investor. Don't know what it is? That's OK, because author Chris Hurn explains why he chooses the SBA 504 loan, how to obtain one, and what to do with it in his book The Entrepreneur's Secret to Creating Wealth. Hurn is CEO and co-founder of The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure: Why Pure Capitalism Is the World Economy' Only Hope By John A. Allison s customers to spread the word about their positive experience? And, how do businesses get unhappy customers to voice their complaints directly to the company rather than through social media? In Uplifting Service, Kaufman provides readers with tips on how to achieve these two goals. Mercantile Capital, specializing in small business commercial real estate projects. Before his success as an entrepreneur, he worked in politics in Washington, D.C., and had a short stint as a law student. It wasn't until he landed a job as a business consultant and financier with GE Capital that Hurn was exposed to the SBA 504 loan program and began to realize its potential. Hurn divulges details on how to pursue SBA 504 funding to acquire commercial real estate and offers guidance on assessing whether a property is the right purchase. Step- by-step, Hurn provides practical tips on how to take advantage of the potential benefits offered from what he calls a "best kept secret"—the SBA 504 loan program. 24 Free Market Cure, author John Allison boldly and unequivocally outlines fundamental themes that led up to the financial crisis. One recurring theme is government policy, which he says was the primary cause of the financial crisis and the reason for the bubble in residential real estate. Allison was CEO of BB&T, In The Financial Crisis and the Market Cure not only looks at the past but also delves into the negative consequences of policy decisions being made today. Allison, currently president and CEO of the Cato Institute, details solutions and answers for promoting the healthy, free market of the future. a top-25 financial institution, for 20 years, and it's from that insider perspective that he explains why regulation is bad for the market, how Congress mismanages the market when it tries to control it, and how individual financial institutions made very serious mistakes that contributed to the nation's economic meltdown. The Financial Crisis and the Free