20 Books That’ll Inspire You If You’re an Entrepreneur

by Andrew Patricio on December 7, 2009 · 6 comments

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I have just gone through my library and selected 20 books that I have read (yes I have read them all) that will inspire you. The books are in no particular order. So if you’re looking to read a good book over the holidays or looking to buy a book for an entrepreneur or a potential entrepreneur you can’t go wrong if you get some on this list

  1. Losing my Virginity by Richard Branson
  2. How to Get Rich by Felix Denis
  3. The One Minute Millionaire by Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen
  4. Visionary Business by Marc Allen
  5. Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
  6. Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time by Howard Schultz and Doris Jones Yang
  7. McDonalds’s: Behind The Arches by John F Love
  8. The Ultimate Entrepreneur’s Book by Richard Dobbins and Barrie O.Pettman
  9. Wake Up and Change Your Life by Duncan Bannatyne
  10. The Dream by Gurbaksh Chahal
  11. The 4 Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris
  12. The Way of the Guerilla by Jay Conrad Levinson
  13. Sam Walton –Made in America by Sam Walton
  14. Making Bread by Brody Sweeney
  15. Everything I needed to know about business I Learned From a Canadian by Leonard Brody and David Raffa
  16. Ladies Who Launch by Victoria Colligan, Beth Schoenfeldt and Amy Swift
  17. Start Small Finish Big by Fred De Luca
  18. The Richest Man in Babylon by George s Clason
  19. Life Entrepreneurs by Christopher Gergen and Gregg Vanourek
  20. Maverick by Ricardo Sendler

{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

Lawrence Tam 12.11.09 at 1:42 pm

OMG … This is the first time in a decade that I can't find a book I had read on a recommended business book list.

First and foremost, which one would you recommend for the holiday season?

Thank you.

Andrew Patricio 12.14.09 at 1:36 pm

Start reading from the top and work your way down

Janet 12.25.09 at 3:35 pm

Nice List! Here's a great one to add which I just bought for my two younger kids (8 and 13 years old). Kidpreneurs! Young Entrepreneurs with BIG ideas!

http://www.amazon.com/Kidpreneurs-Young-Entrepr...

Janet 12.25.09 at 8:35 pm

Nice List! Here's a great one to add which I just bought for my two younger kids (8 and 13 years old). Kidpreneurs! Young Entrepreneurs with BIG ideas!

http://www.amazon.com/Kidpreneurs-Young-Entrepr...

JP Nocubicle 03.31.10 at 9:37 pm

Thank you posting this book list. I'm always looking to read new books on entrepreneurship.

Alana 05.10.10 at 3:00 pm

Thanks for the book recommendations. Always looking for new books of inspiration!

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