Motivational Books
Being an entrepreneur is a difficult task. What books helped you get motivated and keep going?
For me it was:
- Founders At Work
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I think, it should be community wiki – Rem 14 years ago
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Yeah, CW would be nice. Also, a "one book per answer" rule would make the votes much more meaningful. – Jonik 14 years ago
10 Answers
- Rework — 37signals
- Crush It! (http://crushitbook.com/) — Gary Vaynerchuk
There are lots of helpful and motivating books, but here it is some of the free, nice stuff one can read online:
- Getting Real
- Paul Graham's essays
- Guy Kawasaki's The Macintosh Way.
- Joel Spolsky's articles. Not exclusively on entrepreneurship, but for a software startup is very helpful and inspiring reading indeed.
Getting Real is a great book and available free online
The four hour work week inspires me. Only the title though. I didn't find time to read it, but I look at the cover once in a while.
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It is a useless book. – Tim J 14 years ago
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Perhaps. Except for the title. – Feature Creep 14 years ago
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Actually I found this book useful, it gave some insights and ideas on approaching virtual assistants and how to use these type of services to give more time to yourself to do the "important" stuff. – Ricardo 14 years ago
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OK Ricardo - that information (virtual assistants) was about the only REAL world example of good information. – Tim J 14 years ago
I second all of the books mentioned above, one of my favorites is REWORK, Founders at Work and The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki. All of these books are easy to read and there are tons of things to learn from them.
Another of my favorites is Peopleware by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister. It is an excellent book and you'll learn a lot from it.
"Switch" is a really motivational business book. However, it is more appropriate if you are trying to embrace and welcome the art of CHANGE. -Elle
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+1 Great book - just read it. – Doug Donohoe 13 years ago
Atlas Shrugged really made me passionate about creating something I can call my own.
Honestly, I get my most motivation out of reading about others succeeding.... so for example I loved the new Facebook book, The Age Of Facebook and the new Google book. Reading their stories really moves you.
Ben
ReWork and Getting Real by 37 Signals
Founders on Work by Jessica Livingston
Paul Graham's Essays
Joel Spolsky's Articles
Mastering VC Games by Jeff Bussgang
I am partial to A Good Hard Kick in the Ass: Basic Training for Entrepreneurs by Rob Adams. It is all about implementation and execution.
