Best Entrepreneurship Books — 88 Honest Reviews
Every book below was read and judged on one question: will it change what you do on Monday morning? Each review tells you who should read it, who should skip it and the three ideas worth keeping.
Unreasonable Hospitality
Will Guidara · Entrepreneurship
Warm, energizing and useful for anyone who serves customers.
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Setting the Table
Danny Meyer · Entrepreneurship
A thoughtful, generous business memoir; the source of much that followed.
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The E-Myth Revisited
Michael E. Gerber · Entrepreneurship
A repetitive classic with one idea every owner needs.
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Show Your Work!
Austin Kleon · Entrepreneurship
The best short book on building an audience without selling your soul.
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Zero to One
Peter Thiel with Blake Masters · Entrepreneurship
Provocative and brilliant in parts; read it to think, not to copy.
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Rework
Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson · Entrepreneurship
Bracing and quick; a good antidote to over-planning.
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The Lean Startup
Eric Ries · Entrepreneurship
A standard-setting method book; essential ideas, average prose.
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Originals
Adam Grant · Entrepreneurship
Reassuring and smart; good for careful people with ambitions.
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz · Entrepreneurship
Frank, specific and unflinching; a must for anyone running something.
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Shoe Dog
Phil Knight · Entrepreneurship
A superb memoir; the business lessons are the bonus.
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Profit First
Mike Michalowicz · Entrepreneurship
Simple, behavioral and effective; the cash-flow book for small owners.
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Traction
Gino Wickman · Entrepreneurship
A complete, unglamorous operating system; many companies run on it for a reason.
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Scaling Up
Verne Harnish · Entrepreneurship
Comprehensive and dry; a reference for growth-stage leaders.
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The Millionaire Fastlane
MJ DeMarco · Entrepreneurship
Loud, long and provocative; useful for the right reader, exhausting for others.
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Contagious
Jonah Berger · Entrepreneurship
Research-backed and practical; a solid word-of-mouth guide.
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The Go-Giver
Bob Burg and John David Mann · Entrepreneurship
A sweet, short story with a sound idea about selling.
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The Psychology of Selling
Brian Tracy · Entrepreneurship
A sturdy, traditional sales primer.
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Pre-Suasion
Robert Cialdini · Entrepreneurship
Subtle and well-researched; the advanced course in persuasion.
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The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell · Entrepreneurship
Engaging and influential; enjoy the stories, check the science.
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Raving Fans
Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles · Entrepreneurship
Light fable, one durable idea.
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The Power of Broke
Daymond John with Daniel Paisner · Entrepreneurship
Motivating for bootstrappers.
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The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton M. Christensen · Entrepreneurship
Influential and rigorous.
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Pour Your Heart Into It
Howard Schultz and Dori Jones Yang · Entrepreneurship
Culture as strategy, told by the founder.
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Invent and Wander
Jeff Bezos with Walter Isaacson · Entrepreneurship
The operating philosophy, unfiltered.
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The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success
Brian Tracy · Entrepreneurship
A dip-in compendium.
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Turning the Flywheel
Jim Collins · Entrepreneurship
Your compounding loop, in one diagram.
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Rocket Fuel
Gino Wickman and Mark C. Winters · Entrepreneurship
Founder plus operator, explained.
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Blitzscaling
Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh · Entrepreneurship
Speed over efficiency, with warnings.
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Competing Against Luck
Clayton M. Christensen, Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon and David S. Duncan · Entrepreneurship
Why people actually buy.
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Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
Marty Cagan · Entrepreneurship
The product manager's standard reference.
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Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind
Al Ries and Jack Trout · Entrepreneurship
The original, dated and timeless.
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Peter F. Drucker · Entrepreneurship
Innovation as a discipline.
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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Ashlee Vance · Entrepreneurship
The founding of Tesla and SpaceX.
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Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook
Gary Vaynerchuk · Entrepreneurship
Give first; the platforms have moved on.
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Day Trading Attention
Gary Vaynerchuk · Entrepreneurship
Attention as a market, systematised.
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Before You Quit Your Job
Robert T. Kiyosaki · Entrepreneurship
A reality check with a checklist.
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The Business of the 21st Century
Robert T. Kiyosaki · Entrepreneurship
Advocacy; weigh it against the data.
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The Success System That Never Fails
W. Clement Stone · Entrepreneurship
PMA with a cold-call method.
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Built to Sell
John Warrillow · Entrepreneurship
A practical fable; useful for any owner who wants options.
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The Pumpkin Plan
Mike Michalowicz · Entrepreneurship
Practical and funny; a focused growth strategy for small firms.
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Clockwork
Mike Michalowicz · Entrepreneurship
Specific and practical; a good delegation manual for owners.
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The Personal MBA
Josh Kaufman · Entrepreneurship
A broad, useful reference; the orientation course.
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The Art of the Start 2.0
Guy Kawasaki · Entrepreneurship
Breezy and useful; a quick start guide.
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Crushing It!
Gary Vaynerchuk · Entrepreneurship
Energetic and perishable; take the principles, skip the platform specifics.
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Marketing Made Simple
Donald Miller and Dr. J.J. Peterson · Entrepreneurship
Tactical and template-driven; the implementation book.
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The Great CEO Within
Matt Mochary · Entrepreneurship
Tactical and dense; a reference to keep.
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Blue Ocean Strategy
W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne · Entrepreneurship
Clear tools for differentiation.
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