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Books on entrepreneurship and how to start your own business. Rise and Grind!!!

Updated September 12, 2025
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The startup playbook : secrets of the fastest-growing startups from their founding entrepreneurs
Kidder, David S.
Paper Book
According to the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, more than 565,000 new businesses were created in 2010 in the United States alone--each one of them hoping to strike gold. The Startup Playbook will help them succeed. Going insider to insider with unprecedented access, New York...
Good to great : why some companies make the leap--and others don't
Collins, James C.
Paper Book
The Challenge Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. But what about the company that is not born...
The hard thing about hard things : building a business when there are no easy answers
Horowitz, Ben
Paper Book
Ben Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley's most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential advice on building and running a startup--practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn't cover, based on his popular...
The founder's dilemmas : anticipating and avoiding the pitfalls that can sink a startup
Wasserman, Noam
Paper Book
A guide to the early decisions that can make or break startup ventures Often downplayed in the excitement of starting up a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: should they go it alone, or bring in cofounders, hires, and investors...
The $100 startup : reinvent the way you make a living, do what you love, and create a new future
Guillebeau, Chris
Ebook
Lead a life of adventure, meaning and purpose--and earn a good living.   "Thoughtful, funny, and compulsively readable, this guide shows how ordinary people can build solid livings, with independence and purpose, on their own terms."--Gretchen Rubin, author of...
The start-up of you : adapt to the future, invest in yourself, and transform your career
Hoffman, Reid
Paper Book
The groundbreaking #1 New York Times bestseller that taught a generation how to transform their careers--now in a revised and updated edition   "A profound book about self-determination and self-realization."--Senator Cory Booker   "The Startup of You<...
Social entrepreneurship : what everyone needs to know
Bornstein, David
Paper Book
In development circles, there is now widespread consensus that social entrepreneurs represent a far better mechanism to respond to needs than we have ever had before--a decentralized and emergent force that remains our best hope for solutions that can keep pace with our problems and create a more...
Brewing up a business. Adventures in Beer from the Founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Calagione, Sam.
Digital file
Principle-centered leadership
Covey, Stephen R.
Paper Book
From the author that brought you the New York Times bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People comes a foundational guide to leadership. How do individuals and organizations survive and thrive amid tremendous change? Why are efforts to improve...
Building social business : the new kind of capitalism that serves humanity's most pressing needs
Yunus, Muhammad
Paper Book
Muhammad Yunus, the practical visionary who pioneered microcredit and, with his Grameen Bank, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, has developed a visionary new dimension for capitalism which he calls "social business." By harnessing the energy of profit-making to the objective of fulfilling human...
The seven habits of highly effective people : restoring the character ethic
Covey, Stephen R.
Paper Book
A revolutionary guidebook to achieving peace of mind by seeking the roots of human behavior in character and by learning principles rather than just practices. Covey's method is a pathway to wisdom and power.
Innovation and entrepreneurship : practice and principles
Drucker, Peter F.
Paper Book
Mission, Inc. : the practitioner's guide to social enterprise
Lynch, Kevin
Ebook
Business has the power to change the world, but some businesses embrace that opportunity more aggressively than others do. Social enterprises put their change mission first - what they sell or what service they provide is a means to accomplishing a larger goal, rather than an end in itself.Their...
The essential Drucker : selections from the management works of Peter F. Drucker
Drucker, Peter F.
Audiobook
Father of modern management, social commentator, and preeminent business philosopher, Peter F. Drucker analyzed economics and society for more than sixty years. Now for readers everywhere who are concerned with the ways that management practices and principles affect the performance of...
The one thing : the surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results
Keller, Gary
Paper Book
What's your ONE thing? People are using this simple, powerful concept to focus on what matters most in their personal and work lives. Companies are helping their employees be more productive with study groups, training, and coaching. Sales teams are boosting sales. Churches are...
Built to last : successful habits of visionary companies
Collins, James C.
Paper Book
"This is not a book about charismatic visionary leaders. It is not about visionary product concepts or visionary products or visionary market insights. Nor is it about just having a corporate vision. This is a book about something far more important, enduring, and substantial. This is a book...
Start your own business : the only startup book you'll ever need
Markman, Marla.
Ebook
Disciplined entrepreneurship : 24 steps to a successful startup
Aulet, Bill
Digital file
24 Steps to Success! Disciplined Entrepreneurship will change the way you think about starting a company. Many believe that entrepreneurship cannot be taught, but great entrepreneurs aren't born with something special - they simply make great products. This book will show...
https://www.score.org/
From planning to execution, get resources or real-time assistance for every stage of your business. SCORE has a library of useful documents and online courses, as well as experienced mentors to help
https://www.crunchbase.com/

Crowd-sourced data, but an excellent site for researching start-ups and other hard-to-find, private companies.

https://www.ycombinator.com/library
YC\'s library of startup advice: essays and videos that teach you how to start a company.
https://www.oreilly.com/radar/
Now, next, and beyond: Tracking need-to-know trends at the intersection of business and technology
https://www.sba.gov/

Business resources and funding options for small business owners.

https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/solutions/bizfilings/tools-and-resources
BizFilings Business Owner\'s Toolkit: advice & tools about incorporation, types of businesses, compliance, taxes, running a business & much more.
https://apps.bea.gov/regional/bearfacts/

The Bureau for Economic Analysis has all the data!

https://www.bls.gov/cex/

Consumer Expenditure Surveys provides reports on consumer price and spending & consumer expenditure survey that provides information on buying habits.


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