Entrepreneurs are always learning. Maximize your time and money by focusing on lessons that are inexpensive and accessible. There are a million books out there to sift through, and who has time? Don’t worry; we’ve done that work for you. Below is the short list of books that should make it onto your reading list. We’ve read them all, and these are the best.
We’ve also made it easy for you – just click on any title to go directly to Amazon, read a review or two, and buy if it resonates with you.
Entrepreneurship
The Art of the Start by Guy KawasakiThe Partnership Charter by David Gage
Growing a Business by Paul Hawken Guerrilla Marketing by Jay Conrad Levinson The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers Democratizing Innovation by Eric von Hippel
Leadership
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference Blink Crush It Social Boom! The Leadership Engine Cross the Chasm Leadership Challenge The 360 Degree Leader The Leadership Pipeline 4 Hour Work Week Getting Things Done The Effective Executive The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. PosnerStrategy
Good to Great by Jim Collins The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen Execution by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan Wharton on Dynamic Competitive Strategy Good Strategy Bad Strategy The %1 WindfallMarketing & Sales
Crossing the Chasm Why We Buy by Paco Underhill The Experience Economy by B. Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore The Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellManagement
The Essential Drucker by Peter DruckerOut of the Crisis by W. Edwards Deming
Reengineering the Corporation by Michael Hammer and James Champy
The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox
The Great Game of Business by Jack Stack with Bo Burlingham
First, Break all the Rules by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
Six Thinking Hats by Edward De Bono

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