New entrepreneurs will not be successful without the advice and success stories of other entrepreneurs out there who have fought their way to the top and found success. Every aspiring entrepreneur should not only invest in a product, but should invest in figuring out how other people have found success. These books are essential reads for any aspiring entrepreneur out there who needs inspiration and motivation to make their business happen.
Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeir
This popular book focuses on how technology is changing the way we do work. Heinemeir and Fried, the founders of the software company 37Signals, show any entrepreneur that they can, in fact, start a business without struggling to make ends meet working two jobs or depleting your life savings. This book not only tells you how to be an entrepreneur; it tells you how to be the kind of entrepreneur that’s easier to be than ever before.
#GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso
This empowering autobiography seeks to empower young women to take power in their own lives and work for what they want. Amoruso tells the story of life in her twenties, in which she held a few jobs that she didn’t like much before she decided to start her own business, Nasty Gal, which is now one of the most popular online retailers for young women’s clothing. This book is fit for male or female entrepreneurs who don’t fit the 9-5 mold and are looking to find success by depending on themselves.
Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Most people like to think of themselves as rational beings, but Ariely challenges that assumption in his book, which looks at the “hidden forces that shape our decisions,” as the book’s subheading suggests. This book, which is essentially focused on behavioral economics, seeks to disprove our assumptions that our choices are always rational. Any entrepreneur hoping to get into the mind of the consumer, which should be every entrepreneur, should read this book, not from the perspective of the businessman, but from the behavioral economist.
Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way by Richard Branson
Without management hierarchy, a corporate headquarters, and very little bureaucracy, Richard Branson has been able to create a group of companies and has had tons of success doing it. This autobiography of Richard Branson’s success story at creating the “Virgin” brands is a must-read for any entrepreneurial innovators out there wanting to find success without recreating the same boring business structures that they’ve come to dislike.
