As a businessperson should it matter how we read and write? Why worry about reading strategies when we are crunching numbers and focusing on making a business excel, right? Wrong. “How to Read like a Writer”, an essay by Mike Bunn, explains to us how one’s reading and writing strategies can deepen your understanding of a piece of writing. Specifically strategies and techniques of reading like a writer. Not long after reading Bunn’s essay for the first time I was searching for articles concerning business owners and restaurant management and came across an article on forbes.com. The article is titled “Starting a Business? One Question Could Save You Years of Misery” by a man named Eric T. Wagner, a contributor to Forbes and writes about the core principals and secrets of entrepreneurship. The title quickly caught my attention and before I began to read, Bunn’s questions crossed my mind. What is the purpose of this piece of writing? Who is the author’s intended audience? With these tools sketched in my brain I began reading about six different types of entrepreneurs and businesses, and what sets them apart. Wagner goes into quick detail to paint a picture of what makes up every group on his list and how which group or type of businessperson you as a reader would best make. Wagner’s intended audience is quickly obvious to be newly ambitious, self-motivated businessmen and women. I realized knowing Bunn’s techniques of reading like a writer shed a new light on my reading experience. I found myself thinking about the author himself and his thought process while writing the article in his office chair in some sky rise with a killer view in New York City. It made me wonder if I will read like a writer every time I read from now on. It amazed me how one essay can change the way someone can look at a piece of writing. Reading Wagner’s article on forbes.com gave me confidence