21 Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read
Summer is here, and even dire workaholics should take a few hours to relax. Read one of the following books and you’ll become a better entrepreneur while you’re at it.
We asked small business leaders and VCs to name books that anyone starting a business or even thinking about it should read.
Over the past two years, these were some of the best recommendations we heard.
“The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand
CONTINUED BELOW…“Out of the Crisis” by W. Edwards Deming
“Extreme Programming Explained” by Kent Beck
“The Four Steps to the Epiphany” by Steven Gary Blank
“Reality Check” by Guy Kawasaki
“Peak” by Chip Conley
“The Happiness Hypothesis” by Jonathan Haidt
“How To Get Rich” by Felix Dennis
“Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor” by Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, and James O’Toole
“The Future Arrived Yesterday” by Michael S. Malone
“Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard” by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
“The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law” by Constance Bagley and Craig Dauchy
“Crossing the Chasm” by Geoffrey A. Moore
“Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War” by Robert Coram
“The Innovator’s Dilemma” and “The Innovator’s Solution” by Clayton Christensen
