
Winner
Tech Confidential: The Insider Playbook for Daring Entrepreneurs
Denise Koessler Gosnell
Kathryn Erickson
This book dishes out hard-earned strategies to help you not just survive but thrive in a world that chews people up and spits them out in the name of “innovation.”
Inside these pages, you’ll meet brilliant oddballs racing to launch the next big product, engineers treating the next line of code as their personal Everest, and leaders juggling corporate politics while one breath away from the company’s last gasp. Along the way, the authors deliver sharp, painfully relatable anecdotes and practical strategies that show you how to:
Tame your ego to navigate corporate politics like a pro
Embrace the misfits and survive toxic colleagues
Moneyball the market to build products people want
Get money or get out
Packed with insights, humor, and hard-won hope, this essential guide is for anyone daring to dream big in the tech world—and still wanting a life left to enjoy.
Winner
CHANGE: Six Science-Backed Strategies to Transform Your Brain, Body, and Behavior
Michael Joseph Lopez
This book is changing the game of change, for individuals, teams, and companies. After years watching traditional approaches fail to get results, the world of change needed a new approach. This book leans into the science of change and what happens to us on a macro and micro level when we try to achieve our goals. By leveraging the latest science, CHANGE gives people a practical framework for how to implement change at any level – in life or in business. Readers are celebrating the book's direct, conversational ability to translate complex scientific concepts into everyday strategies for change. Beyond personal change, many business leaders and companies are leveraging the book's strategies to transform their companies from within.
Finalist
Corporate Director and Officer Liability: "Discretionaries" Not Fiduciaries
Marc Steinberg
Corporate Director and Officer Liability: "Discretionaries" Not Fiduciaries offers a groundbreaking model for corporate accountability — one that accurately identifies directors and officers as discretionaries and advocates for liability standards grounded in factual practice. This shift allows for a more functional, predictable, and honest approach to governance and enforcement.
The book delves into why legal terminology and accountability standards must align. First, it highlights that legal principles should reflect reality — not perpetuate myths. Second, it underscores that investors and shareholders deserve transparency about the duties and protections afforded to those in control of corporate decisions. And third, it calls for clear, truthful legal definitions that support effective governance and credible enforcement.



















