76 Best Business Books for
Entrepreneurs, Creatives &
Professionals to Read in 2019
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simon therrien Migneault
Thank you
Reply
Jimmy Sikes
What They Don’t Teach You At
Harvard Business School
by Mark H. McCormack
Reply
Jimmy Sikes
Financial Intelligence: A
Manager’s Guide to Knowing
What the Numbers Really Mean
By Karen Berman & Joe Knight
This book is by far the most
fruitful book I have read on
understanding the financials
statements of a business.
Reply
meena devi
Nice and helpful post
Reply
John DeFeo
“Positioning: The Battle for Your
Mind” is one of the best
marketing books that I’ve read. I
highly recommend it.
Reply
sadikun citra rusmana
Thank Ryan, I recomended start-
up nation by Dan Senor & Saul
Singer
Reply
Karen
High Performance Habits by
Brendan Brouchard and The
Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by
Robin Sharma.
Reply
Dr. Bimbola Ekunnusi
Very wonderful books
Reply
Patricia Ryan Madson
Thank you Ryan for your
thoughtful list.
I would like to recommend
IMPROV WISDOM: Don’t Prepare,
Just Show Up by myself, Patricia
Ryan Madson. In a world where
planning isn’t always possible
this Stanford professor gives 13
Maxims for when you need to
improvise.
Reply
Ankit Gupta
Thank you so much, Ryan to
share such kind of informative
business books, and I Have
seen the summary of all the
books that you listed in this
article.
Reply
Jaxx
This is awesome. Also the
books suggested from fellow
readers in the comments! Will
be making a goal for 2K19 to
read as many of these as
possible!
Reply
Tazul Islam Masud
Excellent post. Many many
thanks for introducing to me with
78+ books. 78 Jewel.
Reply
Chelsea O'Brien
Awesome list, thanks for putting
in the time to organize it!
Reply
Christopher Bleakney
Fantastic :)!
Reply
Ian
Fantastic post – some great
recommendations in there
thanks Ryan. There is however,
one masterpiece which is
absent, like visiting the Louvre
and finding the Mona Lisa gone
missing:
“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
People”, Stephen Covey
It is one of those seismic books
that tears up your old worldview
and equips you with the tools to
be not just successful (in your
personal and business
relationships), but more calm,
thoughtful and able to see things
with perspective – critical if your
business life is under strain. The
quality of the insights far
surpass any other business or
self-improvement book that I
have come across. I’ve re-read it
3 times and it helps me become
the best version of myself –
which is fundamental to enjoying
business success of course.
If you aspire to journey to the
top of Maslow’s hierarchy of
needs – and enjoy peak human
experience – this is the book
that, more than any other, shows
you the way
Reply
Dejan
Great post and very good
recommendations. You covered
all angles (mindset, sales,
marketing, self-discipline/
organizing). In my opinion one
of the first books, anyone
thinking of going into business
for himself is the book Outliers
by Malcolm Gladwell. And that
is because not everything will go
smooth and you have to have
the right mindset not to quit.
Outliers is one of those types of
books that will help you with
that.
But I am missing one book that
I have a high opinion of – Blue
ocean strategy. Just being one
of the business will not get you
success, bringing something
new “to the table” will.
Reply
Marlon Santana
“Switch – How to Change Things
When Change is Hard” – Chip
and Dan Heath
“Unlimited Power” – Tony
Robbins
“The One Thing” – Is The ONE
Reply
Alec
Amazing research and writing! I
added nearly all these books to
my “Will Be Reading” List on
BookThinkers.com
The following are a few business
books that I would highly
recommend checking out…
Title: The Go-Giver/ Author: Bob
Burg & John David Mann
Title: Let My People Go Surfing/
Author: Yvon Chouinard
Title: The Compound Effect/
Author: Darren Hardy
Title: Stealing Fire/ Author:
Steven Kotler & Jamie Wheal
Reply
Nuno A Ascensão
Good to Great / Jim Collins
Reply
Anthea
You might also enjoy:
One Small Step Can Change Your
Life: The Kaizen Way, by Robert
Maurer
Deep Survival, by Laurence
Gonzales
Both are applicable to both
business and life. 🙂
Reply
Sara
Thanks a bunch for the
suggestions! I’m starting a
business with a friend of mine
and we’re trying to learn as
much as possible. I figured
getting some books would help
immensely. I’ll probably pick
four or five from this list to start
with.
Reply
Noel Yeung
the industries of the future
by alec ross
Reply
Brian Sidorsky
Great work. I agree with a lot of
your picks and I would love to
talk to you about the ones you
did not include. I am the chief
chancellor of JA university and
am in the midst of creating the
curriculum and library.
Reply
Sugat
Cashflow quadrant. By Robert
Kiyosaki
Reply
Kerry
“Seduce Your Customers” –
explains how to market your
product or service the same way
people fall in love. Love at first
sight – you have to build a
beautiful brand and be at the
right place at the right time.
Starbucks and Apple understand
what it to encourage their
customers to be married through
the brand. The books takes you
through a dating life-cycle curve
that showcases how you should
market your product or service
based on your relationship with
your customer.
Reply
Andy
Keith Ferrazzi – Never Eat Alone
Reply
Praveen
Such a great list… A big big
Thanks for this
Reply
Matt k
Great list, I’ve already got a
good portion of the list and will
get some of the others you
listed, some were already in my
wish list and others are now on
it. I agree with others that the e
myth is a worthwhile contender.
How to win friends and influence
people is always on my top list
and frank Bettger has been a
pleasant discovery for me, too.
I’m currently getting through
about 2 to 3 books a week
(sometimes the same book a
few times). If you spend a lot of
time in the car, like I do, it’s
worth getting the audio version.
Audible let’s you switch between
kindle and audio seemlessly.
Reply
Moses
Very good…
Reply
Nini
Just ordered Outliers: The Story
of Success by Malcolm
Gladwell., and I am so excited
to be investing in myself with
knowledge to be successful and
overall feel amazing in the
process!
Reply
Ryan Robinson
Yes! Still one of my all-time
favorites. Good choice 💪
Reply
Katy
A very nice article. I really liked
reading the power of broke by
Daymond John. Amazing book.
Reply
Nikita
Unscripted
Reply
Lucas
The Art of the Deal? Why is that
not listed?
Reply
Ryan Robinson
Because this is a list of the
*best* business books
Reply
Marlon Santana
*Cruel* hahahah
Reply
Monica
Sheryl Sandberg Lean In
Reply
Ryan Robinson
Great addition, thanks Monica!
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Erikka Brickey
The Four Steps to the Epiphany
by Steve Blank outlines the
different stages of
entrepreneurial growth and sets
a framework to understand the
challenges at each stage. If you
want a path to determining if
your idea is a “vision or
hallucination,” The Startup
Owner’s Manual by Blank and
Dorf is a detailed step-by-step
process to a viable business
model before you burn through
your cash. Blank is now using
his methodology in partnership
with the Dept of Defense and
State Department to solve the
nation’s most challenging
problems – and all that process
scales to local government.
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Serg Carngo
In my opinion, here’s the best
book about business:
“Good to Great” Jim C. Collins
Reply
Angelia Santos
I like your article because I
learned a lot about solopreneur,
now I know I should read books
published by famous solo
entrepreneurs to get a
meaningful idea for solo
business. if you want to know
more about business, visit
businessmental it will help you
alot.
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Lynn W Stetson
If I could add to this tremendous
list, granted, I am biased, but I
just co-authored “Memos to
Dan: Entrepreneurial Lessons
from a Father to his
Son” (available on Amazon) with
my brother, Todd, a small
business entrepreneur. Memos
to Dan recounts real-life stories
across the range of managerial
and leadership situations a
typical small business owner
finds themselves. The practical
experiences and advice are set
within an overall business
framework to fully assist in the
establishment of a successful
investment of time, effort and
personal capital for those
contemplating launching their
own idea. Please check us out
at http://www.memostodan.com
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Alex Volkov
Nice List Ryan, I purchased
nearly all the books on the list
and even purchased some of
those for my employees aswell.
One book that I find essential for
entrepreneurs is tititled “Nail it
then Scale it” By Dr. Nathan Furr
and Venture Capitalist and
managing director of Alta
Ventures, Paul Ahlstrom.
It provides the most indepth a to
z methodology for lean startups.
Infact I found it to be better than
Eric Rieses book (which was still
awesome)
Keep up the good work. Great
reference for entrepreneurs.
Regards
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Yaacov
Wow, you really purchased all of
them!?!?
Reply
Alex Volkov
Yep, I set aside some funds and
bought them including others
that are off the list as well. A
small amount to pay for
invaluable information
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Dawn
I applaud your dedication, but I
will get as many as I can from
the library. Any that really
resonate with me, I will then
purchase.
Not spending money I don’t
have to spend was one of the
first steps in turning my finances
around.
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Mike Slemmer
Ryan, the BEST sales & selling
book of the year is, without a
doubt — “The Essential Sales
Guide for Entrepreneurs and
Business Owners” by Beverly
Flaxington. This is the ‘flys &
grounders’ training for
salesmanship that business
founders/owners lack. It’s very
readable and is chock-full of
actionable information.
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Staci
Reach Out – Molly Beck
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Thomas Bennett
How did the E-Myth Revisited
not make the list? :-O.
Otherwise great list!
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Zina Suissa, Ph.D., PCC, CTPC
Amazing list of books and I own
many of them.
Love Malcolm Gladwell’s work,
Cialdini, Duhigg…..however, what
about women – ex. Multipliers:
How the Best Leaders Make
Everyone Smarter (Liz Wiseman)
and, definitely, Blue Ocean Shift
and Blue Ocean Strategy by
Renee Mauborgne and Kim
Chan. I have heard presentations
by Liz and Renee and they are
two brilliant women.
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ABDUL
can u share them with me plz
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Jonquil Harris
Thank you for compiling this
great list of books! When I read
your request for suggestions, I
immediately thought of “Building
a StoryBrand: Clarify Your
Message So Customers Will
Listen” by Donald Miller. It
speaks about getting to the
heart of what motivates
customers, and is full of great
examples and walks you through
the 7 steps of attracting
customers.
I recently purchased “The Native
Advertising Advantage: Build
Authentic Content That
Revolutionizes Digital Marketing
and Drives Revenue Growth” by
Mike Smith. I’ve just read the
first few chapters but so far it’s
pretty informative about a more
organic method of reaching
customers.
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Rhyan
Really great list but disappointed
that only 6 books out of the list
were published by females
Reply
Rod Rojas
Whether a person has a penis or
a vagina does not have any
bearing on their business writing
skills.
Reply
Ryan Robinson
I feel you on that. This has been
such a male-dominated space
for so long, but I 100% agree
that I could’ve done a better job
of being more inclusive—and
pledge to do so in my next
round of updates to this list.
If I were to include more
*business books from female
authors here, who (and which
books) do you suggest?
Reply
Dawn
I prefer to see a list of the best
books. I have no interest in the
best books written by persons
of a specific age, gender, race
or whatever ever other boxes we
put people in.
Reply
Michael
Anything by Ryan Holiday…but if
I had to pick just one, The
Obstacle is the Way
Reply
Ryan Robinson
Good call, thanks Michael!
That’s on my refresh list (and
just ordered it) 😊
Reply
Roseanna
Awesome collection of business
books! I’ve just started to read a
lot more heavily and will be
adding some of these to my list.
Thanks very much!
Reply
Haris Khan
loved it , though the article
length , took at least 30 mints to
read it .
thankew
Reply
Ivelisse
Drop Out and Get Schooled: The
Case for Thinking Twice about
College
Book by Patrick Bet-David and
Thomas N. Ellsworth
Amazing read, gives different
views on College, Education and
eye opening. From the Founder
of Valuetainment.
Patrick Bet-David also has other
great books.
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Davor
Hello, Ryan. It’s probably not
what usually happens, but I’d
love to show you something I
wrote. The book is called The
cosmetics entrepreneur manual.
And the title doesn’t really do it
justice since it’s much more
than that. If you might be
interested you can read more
about it on Amazon or send me
a mail. https://
www.amazon.com/dp/
B077WKD3QL
Besides that, I see you have
some of the books I read on
your list. So I’ll go out on a limb
and say we may like similar
books and give you a few of
mine:
Fail Fast or Win Big, B.
Schroeder
E-Myth Revisited, M. E. Gerber.
He also has E-Myth Mastery, but
I found the first one better.
Eat that frog!, B. Tracy
The authors of 22 immutable
laws of marketing also have a
book about branding. Not as
good as the first one, but still a
decent read.
The one I didn’t like at all:
Why we buy, P. Underhill
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Ryan Robinson
Not at all, thanks for sharing
Davor! I’ll check out your book
soon 😊
Definitely agree with you on Fail
Fast or Win Big, that’s high on
my list of business books to get
to in the new year.
Reply
Charles
Any book by Gary Vaynerchuk.
Surprised not to see him on this
list.
Reply
Ryan Robinson
Great call! I haven’t really gotten
into his business books, but
that’s on my 2018 list and I’ll
be refreshing this post as I dive
in 🙏
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• Entrepreneurs
• Creatives
• Professionals
• Marketers
• Executives
• Freelancers
• Digital
Nomads
• Writers
• Designers
• Photographers
This year, I’m committed to finding and
reading all of the best business books I can
track down.
That quest began with asking you (my
readers) to give me your picks for the best
business books. Your recommendations were
amazing. We had more than 70+ comments
in one day.
Have more business books to recommend?
Share in the comments below.
What’s even better than just the sheer number
of business books you recommended in the
comments section, is that we didn’t just get
a ton of votes for all the typical bestselling
business authors that already get lots of
press and praise—we got some surprisingly
great suggestions from a very wide range of
authors.
These business books are great for anyone
looking to start (and grow) a business,
advance their careers, build their skills and
become more effective in life and work. I
compiled this list of business books
specifica
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Ryan Robinson
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entrepreneur. Join me here, on ryrob.com to
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simon therrien Migneault
Thank you
Reply
Jimmy Sikes
What They Don’t Teach You At
Harvard Business School
by Mark H. McCormack
Reply
Jimmy Sikes
Financial Intelligence: A
Manager’s Guide to Knowing
What the Numbers Really Mean
By Karen Berman & Joe Knight
This book is by far the most
fruitful book I have read on
understanding the financials
statements of a business.
Reply
meena devi
Nice and helpful post
Reply
John DeFeo
“Positioning: The Battle for Your
Mind” is one of the best
marketing books that I’ve read. I
highly recommend it.
Reply
sadikun citra rusmana
Thank Ryan, I recomended start-
up nation by Dan Senor & Saul
Singer
Reply
Karen
High Performance Habits by
Brendan Brouchard and The
Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by
Robin Sharma.
Reply
Dr. Bimbola Ekunnusi
Very wonderful books
Reply
Patricia Ryan Madson
Thank you Ryan for your
thoughtful list.
I would like to recommend
IMPROV WISDOM: Don’t Prepare,
Just Show Up by myself, Patricia
Ryan Madson. In a world where
planning isn’t always possible
this Stanford professor gives 13
Maxims for when you need to
improvise.
Reply
Ankit Gupta
Thank you so much, Ryan to
share such kind of informative
business books, and I Have
seen the summary of all the
books that you listed in this
article.
Reply
Jaxx
This is awesome. Also the
books suggested from fellow
readers in the comments! Will
be making a goal for 2K19 to
read as many of these as
possible!
Reply
Tazul Islam Masud
Excellent post. Many many
thanks for introducing to me with
78+ books. 78 Jewel.
Reply
Chelsea O'Brien
Awesome list, thanks for putting
in the time to organize it!
Reply
Christopher Bleakney
Fantastic :)!
Reply
Ian
Fantastic post – some great
recommendations in there
thanks Ryan. There is however,
one masterpiece which is
absent, like visiting the Louvre
and finding the Mona Lisa gone
missing:
“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
People”, Stephen Covey
It is one of those seismic books
that tears up your old worldview
and equips you with the tools to
be not just successful (in your
personal and business
relationships), but more calm,
thoughtful and able to see things
with perspective – critical if your
business life is under strain. The
quality of the insights far
surpass any other business or
self-improvement book that I
have come across. I’ve re-read it
3 times and it helps me become
the best version of myself –
which is fundamental to enjoying
business success of course.
If you aspire to journey to the
top of Maslow’s hierarchy of
needs – and enjoy peak human
experience – this is the book
that, more than any other, shows
you the way
Reply
Dejan
Great post and very good
recommendations. You covered
all angles (mindset, sales,
marketing, self-discipline/
organizing). In my opinion one
of the first books, anyone
thinking of going into business
for himself is the book Outliers
by Malcolm Gladwell. And that
is because not everything will go
smooth and you have to have
the right mindset not to quit.
Outliers is one of those types of
books that will help you with
that.
But I am missing one book that
I have a high opinion of – Blue
ocean strategy. Just being one
of the business will not get you
success, bringing something
new “to the table” will.
Reply
Marlon Santana
“Switch – How to Change Things
When Change is Hard” – Chip
and Dan Heath
“Unlimited Power” – Tony
Robbins
“The One Thing” – Is The ONE
Reply
Alec
Amazing research and writing! I
added nearly all these books to
my “Will Be Reading” List on
BookThinkers.com
The following are a few business
books that I would highly
recommend checking out…
Title: The Go-Giver/ Author: Bob
Burg & John David Mann
Title: Let My People Go Surfing/
Author: Yvon Chouinard
Title: The Compound Effect/
Author: Darren Hardy
Title: Stealing Fire/ Author:
Steven Kotler & Jamie Wheal
Reply
Nuno A Ascensão
Good to Great / Jim Collins
Reply
Anthea
You might also enjoy:
One Small Step Can Change Your
Life: The Kaizen Way, by Robert
Maurer
Deep Survival, by Laurence
Gonzales
Both are applicable to both
business and life. 🙂
Reply
Sara
Thanks a bunch for the
suggestions! I’m starting a
business with a friend of mine
and we’re trying to learn as
much as possible. I figured
getting some books would help
immensely. I’ll probably pick
four or five from this list to start
with.
Reply
Noel Yeung
the industries of the future
by alec ross
Reply
Brian Sidorsky
Great work. I agree with a lot of
your picks and I would love to
talk to you about the ones you
did not include. I am the chief
chancellor of JA university and
am in the midst of creating the
curriculum and library.
Reply
Sugat
Cashflow quadrant. By Robert
Kiyosaki
Reply
Kerry
“Seduce Your Customers” –
explains how to market your
product or service the same way
people fall in love. Love at first
sight – you have to build a
beautiful brand and be at the
right place at the right time.
Starbucks and Apple understand
what it to encourage their
customers to be married through
the brand. The books takes you
through a dating life-cycle curve
that showcases how you should
market your product or service
based on your relationship with
your customer.
Reply
Andy
Keith Ferrazzi – Never Eat Alone
Reply
Praveen
Such a great list… A big big
Thanks for this
Reply
Matt k
Great list, I’ve already got a
good portion of the list and will
get some of the others you
listed, some were already in my
wish list and others are now on
it. I agree with others that the e
myth is a worthwhile contender.
How to win friends and influence
people is always on my top list
and frank Bettger has been a
pleasant discovery for me, too.
I’m currently getting through
about 2 to 3 books a week
(sometimes the same book a
few times). If you spend a lot of
time in the car, like I do, it’s
worth getting the audio version.
Audible let’s you switch between
kindle and audio seemlessly.
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Moses
Very good…
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Nini
Just ordered Outliers: The Story
of Success by Malcolm
Gladwell., and I am so excited
to be investing in myself with
knowledge to be successful and
overall feel amazing in the
process!
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Ryan Robinson
Yes! Still one of my all-time
favorites. Good choice 💪
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Katy
A very nice article. I really liked
reading the power of broke by
Daymond John. Amazing book.
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Nikita
Unscripted
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Lucas
The Art of the Deal? Why is that
not listed?
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Ryan Robinson
Because this is a list of the
*best* business books
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Marlon Santana
*Cruel* hahahah
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Monica
Sheryl Sandberg Lean In
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Ryan Robinson
Great addition, thanks Monica!
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Erikka Brickey
The Four Steps to the Epiphany
by Steve Blank outlines the
different stages of
entrepreneurial growth and sets
a framework to understand the
challenges at each stage. If you
want a path to determining if
your idea is a “vision or
hallucination,” The Startup
Owner’s Manual by Blank and
Dorf is a detailed step-by-step
process to a viable business
model before you burn through
your cash. Blank is now using
his methodology in partnership
with the Dept of Defense and
State Department to solve the
nation’s most challenging
problems – and all that process
scales to local government.
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Serg Carngo
In my opinion, here’s the best
book about business:
“Good to Great” Jim C. Collins
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Angelia Santos
I like your article because I
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now I know I should read books
published by famous solo
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Lynn W Stetson
If I could add to this tremendous
list, granted, I am biased, but I
just co-authored “Memos to
Dan: Entrepreneurial Lessons
from a Father to his
Son” (available on Amazon) with
my brother, Todd, a small
business entrepreneur. Memos
to Dan recounts real-life stories
across the range of managerial
and leadership situations a
typical small business owner
finds themselves. The practical
experiences and advice are set
within an overall business
framework to fully assist in the
establishment of a successful
investment of time, effort and
personal capital for those
contemplating launching their
own idea. Please check us out
at http://www.memostodan.com
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Alex Volkov
Nice List Ryan, I purchased
nearly all the books on the list
and even purchased some of
those for my employees aswell.
One book that I find essential for
entrepreneurs is tititled “Nail it
then Scale it” By Dr. Nathan Furr
and Venture Capitalist and
managing director of Alta
Ventures, Paul Ahlstrom.
It provides the most indepth a to
z methodology for lean startups.
Infact I found it to be better than
Eric Rieses book (which was still
awesome)
Keep up the good work. Great
reference for entrepreneurs.
Regards
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Yaacov
Wow, you really purchased all of
them!?!?
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Alex Volkov
Yep, I set aside some funds and
bought them including others
that are off the list as well. A
small amount to pay for
invaluable information
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Dawn
I applaud your dedication, but I
will get as many as I can from
the library. Any that really
resonate with me, I will then
purchase.
Not spending money I don’t
have to spend was one of the
first steps in turning my finances
around.
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Mike Slemmer
Ryan, the BEST sales & selling
book of the year is, without a
doubt — “The Essential Sales
Guide for Entrepreneurs and
Business Owners” by Beverly
Flaxington. This is the ‘flys &
grounders’ training for
salesmanship that business
founders/owners lack. It’s very
readable and is chock-full of
actionable information.
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Staci
Reach Out – Molly Beck
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Thomas Bennett
How did the E-Myth Revisited
not make the list? :-O.
Otherwise great list!
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Zina Suissa, Ph.D., PCC, CTPC
Amazing list of books and I own
many of them.
Love Malcolm Gladwell’s work,
Cialdini, Duhigg…..however, what
about women – ex. Multipliers:
How the Best Leaders Make
Everyone Smarter (Liz Wiseman)
and, definitely, Blue Ocean Shift
and Blue Ocean Strategy by
Renee Mauborgne and Kim
Chan. I have heard presentations
by Liz and Renee and they are
two brilliant women.
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ABDUL
can u share them with me plz
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Jonquil Harris
Thank you for compiling this
great list of books! When I read
your request for suggestions, I
immediately thought of “Building
a StoryBrand: Clarify Your
Message So Customers Will
Listen” by Donald Miller. It
speaks about getting to the
heart of what motivates
customers, and is full of great
examples and walks you through
the 7 steps of attracting
customers.
I recently purchased “The Native
Advertising Advantage: Build
Authentic Content That
Revolutionizes Digital Marketing
and Drives Revenue Growth” by
Mike Smith. I’ve just read the
first few chapters but so far it’s
pretty informative about a more
organic method of reaching
customers.
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Rhyan
Really great list but disappointed
that only 6 books out of the list
were published by females
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Rod Rojas
Whether a person has a penis or
a vagina does not have any
bearing on their business writing
skills.
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Ryan Robinson
I feel you on that. This has been
such a male-dominated space
for so long, but I 100% agree
that I could’ve done a better job
of being more inclusive—and
pledge to do so in my next
round of updates to this list.
If I were to include more
*business books from female
authors here, who (and which
books) do you suggest?
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Dawn
I prefer to see a list of the best
books. I have no interest in the
best books written by persons
of a specific age, gender, race
or whatever ever other boxes we
put people in.
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Michael
Anything by Ryan Holiday…but if
I had to pick just one, The
Obstacle is the Way
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Ryan Robinson
Good call, thanks Michael!
That’s on my refresh list (and
just ordered it) 😊
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Roseanna
Awesome collection of business
books! I’ve just started to read a
lot more heavily and will be
adding some of these to my list.
Thanks very much!
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Haris Khan
loved it , though the article
length , took at least 30 mints to
read it .
thankew
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Ivelisse
Drop Out and Get Schooled: The
Case for Thinking Twice about
College
Book by Patrick Bet-David and
Thomas N. Ellsworth
Amazing read, gives different
views on College, Education and
eye opening. From the Founder
of Valuetainment.
Patrick Bet-David also has other
great books.
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Davor
Hello, Ryan. It’s probably not
what usually happens, but I’d
love to show you something I
wrote. The book is called The
cosmetics entrepreneur manual.
And the title doesn’t really do it
justice since it’s much more
than that. If you might be
interested you can read more
about it on Amazon or send me
a mail. https://
www.amazon.com/dp/
B077WKD3QL
Besides that, I see you have
some of the books I read on
your list. So I’ll go out on a limb
and say we may like similar
books and give you a few of
mine:
Fail Fast or Win Big, B.
Schroeder
E-Myth Revisited, M. E. Gerber.
He also has E-Myth Mastery, but
I found the first one better.
Eat that frog!, B. Tracy
The authors of 22 immutable
laws of marketing also have a
book about branding. Not as
good as the first one, but still a
decent read.
The one I didn’t like at all:
Why we buy, P. Underhill
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Ryan Robinson
Not at all, thanks for sharing
Davor! I’ll check out your book
soon 😊
Definitely agree with you on Fail
Fast or Win Big, that’s high on
my list of business books to get
to in the new year.
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Charles
Any book by Gary Vaynerchuk.
Surprised not to see him on this
list.
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Ryan Robinson
Great call! I haven’t really gotten
into his business books, but
that’s on my 2018 list and I’ll
be refreshing this post as I dive
in 🙏
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• Entrepreneurs
• Creatives
• Professionals
• Marketers
• Executives
• Freelancers
• Digital
Nomads
• Writers
• Designers
• Photographers
This year, I’m committed to finding and
reading all of the best business books I can
track down.
That quest began with asking you (my
readers) to give me your picks for the best
business books. Your recommendations were
amazing. We had more than 70+ comments
in one day.
Have more business books to recommend?
Share in the comments below.
What’s even better than just the sheer number
of business books you recommended in the
comments section, is that we didn’t just get
a ton of votes for all the typical bestselling
business authors that already get lots of
press and praise—we got some surprisingly
great suggestions from a very wide range of
authors.
These business books are great for anyone
looking to start (and grow) a business,
advance their careers, build their skills and
become more effective in life and work. I
compiled this list of business books
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