The Entrepreneurs must-read books list

These best-selling entrepreneur novels are now available from 0 bucks*. Check out & download these best-selling novels for entrepreneurs for free. If you are or want to become an entrepreneur then these books are a must read for you. These books explains the journey of a startup from absolute zero to billions of dollars at it's best. If you haven't added them to your read-list yet, then you are missing on a lot.

 

1. Dream with your eyes open by Ronnie Screwvala

This book is my personal must-read for anybody into entrepreneurship, it takes reader onto a fantastic journey of a classic middle class boy from Sub-urban Mumbai to being one of the most reputed Producer, philanthropist, entertainment-industry icons. The book - an insider’s account of what it takes to start, build and scale businesses in India - details Screwvala’s vast entrepreneurial experiences gathered over 20 years of building amazing and not so amazing businesses. The book is aimed at bringing clarity to the way business setup is changing. It presents a significant account on what role entrepreneurs will play in the future of India.  

A True Entrepreneur to heart, Ronnie Screwvala explains the nitty-gritty of how to take a startup from a small business to a multi-billionaire very clearly. Unlike famous personalities biographies written by 3rd persons. Here, We get to hear from the personality himself.

If you think your parents or family would freak out if you dared to suggest ditching your safe haven—your professional job—to pursue your dreams of owning your own business, relax. Better yet, share this book with them. 

Dream With Your Eyes Open shares failures and triumphs, thoughts and anecdotes in a simple narrative that could help you gain better insights into entrepreneurship and give you a fighting chance when it comes to realizing your dreams in a David-versus-Goliath world. Only then will we succeed in harnessing the country’s enormous entrepreneurial potential with the most energetic and passionate people in the world, alive with fresh mind-sets, optimism and hope.

 

2. Zero to One | The Holy Grail for Entrepreneurs

Let me tell you this book is not for the absolute beginners, if you have read any entrepreneurship books previously then only you should give this one a go. Zero to One presents at once an optimistic view of the future of progress in America and a new way of thinking about innovation: it starts by learning to ask the questions that lead you to find value in unexpected places.

This book explains some common-sense things which we lose sight of in this fast moving world. Thiel begins with the contrarian premise that we live in an age of technological stagnation, even if we’re too distracted by shiny mobile devices to notice. Information technology has improved rapidly, but there is no reason why progress should be limited to computers or Silicon Valley. Progress can be achieved in any industry or area of business. It comes from the most important skill that every leader must master: learning to think for yourself.

Doing what someone else already knows how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something familiar. But when you do something new, you go from 0 to 1. The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. Tomorrow’s champions will not win by competing ruthlessly in today’s marketplace. They will escape competition altogether, because their businesses will be unique.

"Every moment in business happens only once.

The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. And the next Mark Zuckerberg won’t create a social network. If you are copying these guys, you aren’t learning from them.

It’s easier to copy a model than to make something new: doing what we already know how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something familiar. But every time we create something new, we go from 0 to 1. The act of creation is singular, as is the moment of creation, and the result is something fresh and strange."

 

3. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

A short summary ----

Techniques in Handling People

1. Don’t criticize, condemn or complain.
2. Give honest and sincere appreciation.
3. Arouse in the other person an eager want.

Six ways to make people like you

1. Become genuinely interested in other people.
2. Smile.
3. Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
4. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
5. Talk in terms of the other person’s interests.
6. Make the other person feel important – and do it sincerely.

Win people to your way of thinking

1. The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
2. Show respect for the other person’s opinions. Never say, “You’re wrong.”
3. If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
4. Begin in a friendly way.
5. Get the other person saying “yes, yes” immediately.
6. Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.
7. Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers.
8. Try honestly to see things from the other person’s point of view.
9. Be sympathetic with the other person’s ideas and desires.
10. Appeal to the nobler motives.
11. Dramatize your ideas.
12. Throw down a challenge.

Be a Leader: How to Change People Without Giving Offense or Arousing Resentment

1. Begin with praise and honest appreciation.
2. Call attention to people’s mistakes indirectly.
3. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
4. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
5. Let the other person save face.
6. Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be “hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.”
7. Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
8. Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
9. Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest.

If you feel that you too struggle with above things then you should add this book in top-priority list

 

 4. Think and Grow Rich (The Money Making Bible)

One-sentence summary of “Think and get rich“: This book tries to explain why some people amass great fortunes while others fail to make ends meet. Since its launch in 1937, this has always been the reference book for people who want to get rich.

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is one of the bestselling motivational books of all-time. Inspired by a suggestion from industrialist Andrew Carnegie, Hill explains the philosophy that helped the wealthiest and most accomplished members of society succeed.

Is there a reproducible method to learn how to become rich?

The answer is yes! And this method, the fruit of 25 years of research, has been divided into 13 steps. Napoleon Hill tells us that personal enrichment is possible provided we know one and only one secret. This secret will never be precisely named in the book, but will nonetheless be evoked more than a hundred times because this secret is more effective when it is simply left in sight, where those who are willing and looking for it, will be able to use it… But it is clear that through these 13 steps, you think and become rich.

 

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