Apr
12
2011

Top 25 Recommended Books for Entrepreneurs

Books for Entrepreneurs and Startup Founders

I was recently at the library. Yes, the library, what a concept right? I have  re-discovered the fact that you can “rent” books for free. Ever since the Internet came along, that fact was quickly forgotten. I don’t think people take as much advantage of libraries as they should. I love the fact that pretty much any book that I’d want to read (that’s at least a year or 2 old) can be found in my local libraries.

Anyways, these days I’m into reading books on entrepreneurship, startups, leadership, etc. I’m with the philosophy that one can never learn too much…and those are the topics most relevant to my life / career at this point.   While at the library, I was curious if I can find most of the books that would be on a  top 25 books for entrepreneurs.   So I did  a few quick Google searches to see various what others have as the recommended lists on entrepreneurship books.

(I realized that the list below is actually more of a ‘list of entrepreneur-related books that I have read or am interested in reading’ but…) In no particular order…below I present to you my list of:

Top 25 Recommended Books for Entrepreneurs:

1. Founders at Work- Jessica Livingston
3. Reality Check- Guy Kawasaki
4. The 4-Hour Workweek- Timothy Ferriss
5.The Fountainhead- Ayn Rand
6.The Prince- Machiavelli
7. The Art of War– Sun Tzu
8.Get the Edge – Anthony Robbins
9. Go Big or Go Home - Wil Schroter
10.Good to Great -Jim Collins
11.Losing My Virginity -Richard Branson
12.Ogilvy on Advertising – David Ogilvy
13.Purple Cow– Seth Godin
14.Rework– Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
15.Rich Dad, Poor Dad- Robert Kiyosaki
16.Secrets of Power Negotiating – Roger Dawson
18.Small Giants- Bo Burlingham
19.The Art of the Start- Guy Kawasaki
20.The Effective Executive- Peter Drucker
21.The E-Myth Revisited- Michael Gerber
22.The Tipping Point- Malcolm Gladwell
23.The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur- Mike Michalowicz
24.The World Is Flat 3.0- Thomas L. Friedman
25.Think and Grow Rich- Napoleon Hill

Now let’s see how many of these I can find at the library…sometimes it’s better just to order them off Amazon.
So what do you think of the list above? Agree, disagree? What books would you add or take out?

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