How do you become a better entrepreneur? Read books. That's right, put down your cell phone and pick up something that is not only going to challenge you mentally but also provide you with beneficial information. Justin Hong's stresses this point in his blog entry, "Do You Want to Become a Great Entrepreneur? 11 Books You Have to Read". He asserts that too many of us have fallen slave to the digital, easy life and have forgotten the power of books.

If you run a company, chances are you don’t want the salaries of your top employees disclosed. Along with all the in-house problems it can create, who wants the competition or headhunters to know how much it will take to lure away your top performers?  But if you’re a contractor for Uncle Sam, new rules say you don’t have a choice. 

Litigation can be ugly. It transforms a courtroom into a war zone, with both sides battling it out in a multi-year - and multi-million dollar death match. So much cash is drained, you risk losing more than ruling. Your business could be at stake. It’s why arbitration was invented. The idea was if we have to fight, let’s do it quicker, cheaper and friendlier. Neutral third party rent-a-judges can be hired for less formal, less expensive, but just as binding private trials. In many cases, arbitration became the perfect alternative.