{"id":589,"date":"2019-09-16T08:57:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T07:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandingworld.in\/learn\/?p=589"},"modified":"2019-09-16T09:10:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T08:10:49","slug":"10-books-that-will-help-you-to-build-the-next-startup-unicorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandingworld.in\/learn\/10-books-that-will-help-you-to-build-the-next-startup-unicorn.html","title":{"rendered":"10 books that will help you to build the next startup unicorn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guidance and inspiration are two constants in a successful entrepreneur\u2019s life. And while mentors and peers in the ecosystem can provide both in abundance, there is\u00a0nothing like finding wisdom between the pages of a well-written book<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

When the going gets tough and ideas run dry, read\u00a0the stories of other founders who have been there and done that<\/strong>, waged all the wars you are faced with at the moment and have found success.<\/p>\n

Ben Horowitz\u2019s\u00a0The Hard Thing About Hard Things<\/em>\u00a0and Peter Thiel\u2019s\u00a0Zero to One<\/em> may be crowd favorites, but let us tell you about\u00a010 other books that you, as an entrepreneur, can seek guidance from<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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1. The Startup Playbook: Secrets of the Fastest-Growing Startups from Their Founding Entrepreneurs\u00a0<\/em>by David Kidder<\/strong><\/p>\n

Within this around-300 pages of text, you will find author\u00a0David Kidder\u2019s interviews with hundreds of founders about their path to success\u00a0<\/strong>and how they managed to build their multimillion (or billion) dollar enterprises. Giving the reader insider access, David details the hard-hitting experiences of some of the world\u2019s most influential entrepreneurs and CEOs, revealing their most closely held advice.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0The 4-Hour Workweek<\/em>\u00a0by Timothy Ferriss<\/strong><\/p>\n

Considered a must-read for\u00a0those who want to take the entrepreneurial plunge<\/strong>, the book talks about how you can automate and create an income-generator so that you focus on your passion. Author Timothy Ferris believes that\u00a0entrepreneurship is a great way to get back control of your life\u00a0<\/strong>and also enjoy life without working 40 hours in a week. This book helps you effectively shun the typical 9-5 job and look at exciting avenues that allow you to live and work from virtually anywhere.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Rework<\/em>\u00a0by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rework<\/em>\u00a0shows you a\u00a0better, faster, easier way to succeed in business<\/strong>. Sounds too good to be true? Well, founders should read it to know why plans are actually harmful, why one doesn\u2019t need outside investors, and why you\u2019re better off ignoring the competition.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0The Lean Startup<\/em>\u00a0by Eric Ries\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This book by Eric Ries\u00a0addresses a key statistic in the innovation ecosystem: most startups fail<\/strong>. But the author proposes an antidote of sorts to this truth, stating that many of those failures are preventable. Eric draws from disciplines such as lean manufacturing in the automotive sector to come up with his \u2018Lean Startup\u2019 approach to devise new metrics and success criteria for startups. Less is more, and that cannot be emphasized more for entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t<\/em>\u00a0by Jim Collins<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jim Collins in his celebrated 2001 book\u00a0Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t\u00a0<\/em>identify seven characteristics of companies that went from \u201cgood\u201d to \u201cgreat\u201d.<\/strong>\u00a0The first and most telling characteristic relates to people and what the author refers to as the \u2018Level 5 Leadership\u2019, which is all about quiet, confident humility and being driven to do what is best for the company as opposed to being lauded and heralded as the \u201cgreatest\u201d or \u201c iconic\u201d\u00a0\u2013 or some other similar \u2013 leader. Read this book to transition from the common\u00a0good<\/em>\u00a0to the rare\u00a0great<\/em>.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation<\/em>\u00a0by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom<\/strong><\/p>\n

This book gives\u00a0the secret sauce to all those struggling startups<\/strong>. In the book, the authors explain the \u2018Nail It then Scale It\u2019 method, which recognizes those patterns and principles that most successful entrepreneurs\u00a0use. If you are putting in all the hours and the hard work and still unable to find that elusive success, this book just might nudge you towards a breakthrough.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future<\/em>\u00a0by Chris Guillebeau<\/strong><\/p>\n

Compared with the dozens of books addressing corporate innovation or technology startups or small\/medium businesses,\u00a0The $100 Startup<\/em>\u00a0has\u00a0a refreshingly different focus: the \u2018solopreneur\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>or individual entrepreneurs who strike off on their own or with small teams and convert \u2018passions into profits\u2019 through micro-businesses. In this book, author Chris Guillebeau distills his learnings from conversations with over 1,500 individuals who have spun profitable businesses out of a modest investment of $100 or less. Whoever said you need multimillion-dollar fund-raises to be successful?<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of the Creative Mind<\/em>\u00a0by Biz Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n

In his book,\u00a0Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter, discusses\u00a0the power of creativity and how to harness it\u00a0<\/strong>through stories from his remarkable life and career. Biz, who is known for his creativity covers pivotal and personal stories from his life in this 224-page book, along with lessons earned and learned the hard way while building one of the top internet companies of our times.<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life<\/em>\u00a0by Alice Schroeder<\/strong><\/p>\n

Author Alice Schroeder gets unprecedented access to one of the world\u2019s noted billionaires: business magnate Warren Buffett. This book provides\u00a0insider knowledge on the genius behind Berkshire Hathaway<\/strong>. Warren has never written a memoir, nor does he court the media like other well-known billionaires. So grab this book if you want to learn from an astute businessman who always treated his investors as partners.<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0Founders at Work: Stories of Startups\u2019 Early Days<\/em>\u00a0by Jessica Livingston<\/strong><\/p>\n

Founders at Work<\/em>\u00a0is a\u00a0collection of profiles of tech company founders\u00a0<\/strong>such as Steve Wozniak (Apple), Caterina Fake (Flickr), Mitch Kapor (Lotus), Max Levchin (PayPal), and Sabeer Bhatia (Hotmail). Author Jessica Livingston is a founding partner at\u00a0Y Combinator. This book will tell you\u00a0how these tech geniuses stumbled upon their winning idea<\/strong>, what they did to nurture it, and how they built successful businesses based on it, despite the many challenges strewn along the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guidance and inspiration are two constants in a successful entrepreneur\u2019s life. And while mentors and peers in the ecosystem can provide both in abundance, there is\u00a0nothing like finding wisdom between the pages of a well-written book. When the going gets tough and ideas run dry, read\u00a0the stories of other founders who have been there and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandingworld.in\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandingworld.in\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandingworld.in\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandingworld.in\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandingworld.in\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brandingworld.in\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":593,"href":"https:\/\/brandingworld.in\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions\/593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandingworld.in\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandingworld.in\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandingworld.in\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandingworld.in\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}