No matter how experienced you are as an entrepreneur—whether you’re just opening your doors or have already started a few successful businesses—you can always benefit from advice from someone who has followed a similar journey. That’s where reading some of the best books for entrepreneurs comes into the mix.
The following books will help you grow both in life and in business to become a successful entrepreneur. These best entrepreneur books will give you basic knowledge about being an entrepreneur and share advice on what happens while on the journey to entrepreneurial success.
1. "Zero to One" by Peter Thiel with Blake Masters
Peter Thiel takes an unconventional approach to building startups. The standard procedure is to iterate the same idea and launch it to a different market segment. The usual ideas tend to be about the next WhatsApp, Facebook, or a “new and better” Microsoft.
In his book Zero to One, Peter says these clones already exist in the market, and making a new clone won’t take you further up the innovation ladder. When people repeat the ideas, they take the innovation level from one to ‘N.’ But doing something that isn’t done before takes the world from zero to one.
2. "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie
This book is guaranteed to change your life forever. Not only will it teach you all the do’s and don’ts of social life, but it will also teach you how to be a better entrepreneur.
We all know that the digital age has made it harder to be influential outside of the Internet, which is just as important as web influence, but Dale Carnegie breaks down all the steps you need to take to make friends with everyone you meet. It teaches you the etiquette of how to overcome competition or how to win over people who are close-minded or simply not interested in your pitch.
Every entrepreneur needs to read this book at least once a year; it’s a business classic!
3."The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey
What makes one business owner more successful than their competitor?
“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” will teach you how to be a better entrepreneur than everyone else and run a better business than anything that’s out there. Hint: It takes intense focus and initiative—and this book will teach you how to harness that.
This is a book that every business owner should keep easily accessible. It’s not a book you can read once, pick up a few tips, and be on your way. Instead, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” is a book to continually revisit as you grow as an entrepreneur and build your business.
4. "Founders at Work" by Jessica Livingston
The game runners at Apple, Microsoft, Google, and even Whatsapp were just a bunch of folks like you. Today, they are founders of multi-billion dollar companies.
What led to this change? How did they manage to convince investors to back their ideas? Did they make any mistakes? If so, how did they recover? Founders At Work is a collection of interviews with the founders of top tech companies that answer these questions.
5. “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill
“Think and Grow Rich” is a classic business book that has helped millions of business leaders create and execute a plan for success.
This is one of the best books for entrepreneurs looking for some advice on personal and professional development. It teaches business owners how to look inward and change their mindset. One of the biggest takeaways from the book is learning how to set a goal and hit it.
“Think and Grow Rich” has been on the shelves of the most successful entrepreneurs, and it should be considered a must-read for any business owner.
6. Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant by Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne
“It helps get strategists, firm leaders, and aspiring entrepreneurs to think about industry boundaries and value creation in ways that are different from incumbent firms,” Austin said. There are two kinds of ocean for businesses to swim in: red and blue. Red waters are bloody because there is stiff competition. The strategy for red companies must be focused on beating rivals. Blue oceans are uncontested open market spaces where businesses can focus on adding value to a new area. Where do you want to tread?
7. Start with Why by Simon Sinek
“Businesses without purpose do not last,” Austin said. “Thinking about the reason why your organization exists, its core purpose, and connecting that core purpose to every aspect of the firm will help inspire and motivate employees and win customers,” Austin said. Sinek believes wholeheartedly in the idea of doing what you love. He backs this belief with detailed examples of how pursuing your passions can lead to successful businesses and better lives today.
8. The Psychology of Selling by Brian Tracy
Every entrepreneur knows that the key to a good business is a good sales technique. Not only do you have to sell your product, but you also have to sell yourself and your idea. Having a great product doesn’t do anything if you don’t know how to approach the person and make them fall in love with you and the product.
This book by Brian Tracy gives you valuable information and strategies about making more selling by focusing on one thing – the person. Sometimes entrepreneurs forget the basics of selling and jump right over to get results, but you need to know the basics to get results. Brian Tracy goes over those major points thoroughly.
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