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Over 80% of engineering graduates in

India unemployable: Study

Paris turns old railway yard into startup

hub

What happens when a computer program

writes an episode of Friends

'Be Like Bill' meme takes Facebook by

storm

Facebook friends are almost entirely fake:

Study

mor

25 books every entrepreneur should read

10 tips & tricks every YouTube user should know

'Be Like Bill' meme takes Facebook by storm

80% of engineering grads in India unemployable:Study

Tech gives wings to logistics firms’ last-mile dash

MOST POPULAR

LATEST GADGETS

You are what you read, and if your go al is to build a massively successful company where you call the shots, you mightwant to start with the following books.

We spoke with wildly successful entrepreneurs and VCs like Mark Cuban and Peter Thiel and pored over years of interviews with top founders -- from Bill Gates to Jeff Bezos -- to find the books that every aspiring en trepreneur shouldread. Check out the list of 25 books every startup founder should read...

25 books every entrepreneur must readBusiness Insider / January 24, 2016

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Self-made billionaire Mark Cuban tells Business Insider that this book is required reading for every entrepreneur. It's

also a favorite of Cha rlie O'Donnell, a partner at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures. He says, "I don't know any bo ok that sumsup the entrepreneurial passion and spirit better than 'The Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand: 'The question isn't who is goin gto let me; it's who is going to stop me.’

2. The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker January 22, 2016

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This is one of the three bo oks that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos had his senior managers read for a series of all-day bookclubs. Drucker helped popularize now commonplace ideas about manag ement. For example, that managers andemployees should work toward a common set of goals.

"The Effective Executive" explores the time-management and decision-making habits that best equip an executive to beproductive and valuable in an organization.

3. The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton

ChristensenJanuary 22, 2016

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Bezos also had his executives read "The Innovator's Dilemma," one of the all-time most influential business books an da top pick of several other founders and VCs, whose reviews are below.

Steve Blank, a former serial entrepreneur who now teaches at U.C. Berkeley and other schools, says of the book: "Whydo large companies seem and act like dinosaurs? Christensen finally was able to diagnose why and propose solutions.Entrepreneurs should read these boo ks as 'how to books' to beat large companies in their own markets."

Chris Dixon, an investor at Andreessen Horowitz and a former cofounder and CEO of Hunch, notes: "'The Innovator'sDilemma' popularized the (often misused) phrase 'disruptive technology,' but there's a lot more than that one b ig idea.Great insights into the 'dynamics' (changes over time) of markets."

4. Business Adventures by John BrooksJanuary 22, 2016

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This collection of New Yorker stories by John Brooks became Bill Gates' all-time favorite business book after WarrenBuffett recommended it to him in 1991. Gates says of the book: 'Business Adventures' is as much about the strengthsand weaknesses of leaders in challenging circumstances as it is about the particulars of one business or a nother. Inthat sense, it is still relevant not despite its age but because of it."

5. Benjamin Franklin by Walter IsaacsonJanuary 22, 2016

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Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, says this book is one of his all time favorites.

"You can see how [Franklin] was an entrepreneur," Musk says in an interview with Foundation. "He was anentrepreneur. He started from nothing. He was just a runaway kid."

Musk has read other boo ks by biographer Walter Isaacson, and he also recommends" Einstein: His Life and Universe."

6. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon HillJanuary 22, 2016

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Daymond John, cofounder of clothing business FUBU and investor on ABC's hit pitch show "Shark Tank," tells BusinessInsider that Napoleon Hil l's classic business book, "Think and Grow Rich," changed his life.

"The main takeaway from that was goal-setting," John says. "It was the fact that if you don't set a specific goal, then howcan you expect to hit it?"

7. Conscious Capitalism by John Mackey and

Raj SisodiaJanuary 22, 2016

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Kip Tindell, the cofounder and CEO of The Container Store, tells Business Insider that this is a must-read for entrepreneurs and business leaders.

Tindell is close friends with John Mackey, the cofounder and co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, and says they both

believe in Conscious Capitalism, "that a win-win is what's most profitable, and that no one has to l ose. Businessschools have discovered it, studied it, and found that companies that practice it are more successful." This book is agreat primer.

8. As A Man Thinketh by James AllenJanuary 22, 2016

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Executive coach Tony Robbins, who's worked with President Bill Clinton and hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones,tells Business Insider that he's read "As A Man Thinketh" more than a dozen times. He often gives the book as a giftbecause it's concise, easy to read, and profound.

"It's the whole concept of understanding that your thoughts really, truly shape everything in your life that you feel an d

experience," Robbins says.

9. Things Hidden Since The Foundation of the

World by René GirardJanuary 22, 2016

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Billionaire Peter Thiel, the cofounder of PayPal and the first outside investor in Facebook, loves the work of Frenchphilosopher René Girard.

Thiel first read "Things Hidden" when he was an un dergraduate at Stanford University,he tells Business Insider. Whilehe calls it "an intimidating book," it deeply affected the way he views the world and business.

He finds Girard's thinking on these two points especially powerful: "(1) Competitors tend to become ob sessed with their rivals at the expense of their substantive goa ls, and because of that (2) the intensity of competition doesn't tell youanything about underlying value.

People will compete fiercely for things that don't matter, and o nce they're fighting they'll fight harder and harder," Thielexplains.

10. The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan HolidayJanuary 22, 2016

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Entrepreneur and author Tim Ferriss, who made a n ame for himself with his book "The 4-Hour Workweek,"recommends Holiday's "The Obstacle Is the Way."

The 2014 b ook examines leaders like Marcus Aurelius and Steve Jobs who've effectively led others using theprinciples of ancient Greek Stoicism.

11. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by

Richard P. FeynmanJanuary 22, 2016

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Google cofounder Sergey Brin told the Academy of Achievement that this autobiography of Richard Feynman inspired

him to dedicate his career to b lending technology a nd creativity.

Feynman (1918-1988) won the 1965 Nobe l Prize in Physics for his work in qu antum electrodynamics.

"Aside from making really b ig contributions in his own field, he was pretty broad-minded," Brin said o f Feynman. "Iremember he had an excerpt where he was explaining how he really wanted to be a Leonardo [da Vinci], an artist anda scientist. I found that pretty inspiring. I think that leads to having a fulfilling life."

12. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

by Robert PirsigJanuary 22, 2016

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Brad Feld, cofounder and managin g director of the Foundry Group, a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage tech companies, recommends this classic book about a father-son trip across the US.

"Anyone who is creating anything should read this book, slowly, and savor it," Feld says.

13. Meditations by Marcus AureliusJanuary 22, 2016

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According to a N ew Yo rker pro file b y Ken Auletta, bil lion aire Therano s found er a nd C EO Elizabe th Hol mes was

inspired by ths collection of philosophical essays. She said she read the book "over and over again" b efore shelaunched her company.

"Meditations" is a compilation of personal writings from the chaotic last decade of the ancient Roman emperor Marcus Aureli us' life. It is his i nterpretatio n of Stoic phi losop hy, focusing on a ccepting things out of your co ntrol a nd maintain ingmastery over your emotions.

14. Blink by Malcolm GladwellJanuary 22, 2016

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Paul Jozefak, a managing director at Liquid Labs GmbH and former managing partner at Neuhaus Partners, calls thisbook "some great advice on how decisions are made."

Gladwell explores the science behind decision-making and intuition, a topic of great importance to any aspiringbusiness leader.

15. Zero to One by Peter ThielJanuary 22, 2016

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John Sculley, the former president of Pepsi and ex-CEO of Apple, tells Business Insider that his top bookrecommendation for tech entrepreneurs is "Zero to One."

Sculley, who is currently invested in a number of tech startups and sits on the board of 15 d ifferent companies, says this2014 be stseller by PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel is important for two reasons: It focuses on how you can harnesstechnology to build a business of the future, and it enforces the importance of knowing wha t you're doing before youdive into a startup.

Of course, Sculley says aspiring entrepreneurs should a lso read his new book "Moonshot!" because it focuses more onthe consumer, while Thiel's book focuses more on technology.

16. Reality Check by Guy KawasakiJanuary 22, 2016

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Penelope Trunk, a serial entrepreneur a nd the cofounder of virtual event platform Brazen Careerist, says she loves to

flip through the chapters of this book.

"Each one is like a blog post, so you learn something on every page," Trunk says. "And each chapter reminds me to b ea little bit better at something I'm doing already."

17. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by

Mohsin HamidJanuary 22, 2016

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Chris Sacca, the Lowercase Capital p artner who made more than $1 billio n through his investments in companies likeTwitter and Uber, shared his top book recommendations with "The 4-Hour Workweek" author Tim Ferriss.

Sacca considers "How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia" by Mohsin Hamid required readin g for entrepreneurs. Itaddresses the reader as "you" and is about growing up in a Southeast Asian slum, escaping to develop a business thatbrings you to an unnamed city in "rising Asia," and becoming a wealthy entrepreneur.

"You close that book and you feel like you've walked through 15 or 20 d ifferent lives in ano ther world," Sacca says.

18. Switch by Chip Heath and Dan HeathJanuary 22, 2016

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Sean Ellis, founder and CEO of GrowthHackers.com, recommends this book to any en trepreneur.

It explores the psychology behin d why it's so hard to make lasting change and how to do it. Ellis says his key takeawayfrom it is to "double down on things that are working."

19. Out of the Crisis by W. Edwards DemingJanuary 22, 2016

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Roger Ehrenberg, the founder an d managing partner of IA Ventures, calls this bookand the material it covers "critical for

the startup founder."

"Big or small," he says, "this book focuses the entrepreneur/manager on respecting employees, focusing on process,and insisting on the collection and analysis of data."

20. "Peak" by Chip ConleyJanuary 22, 2016

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Fred Destin, a partner at the venture capital firm Accel Partners, describes this book as "Maslow's hierarchy of nee dsadapted to the business world."

It's "not that well written (sorry Chip)," he adds, "but sound a dvice on achieving 'sustainable outperformance' andleveraging crises for the better."

21. Influence by Robert B. CialdiniJanuary 22, 2016

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David Heinemeier Han sson, the creator of Ruby on Rails and a founder of Basecamp (formerly 37signals),recommends this book to anyone in business.

"'Influence' teaches you how to sell and deal with customers by treating them as humans," he says. "Great stuff."

22. Lucky or Smart? by Bo PeabodyJanuary 22, 2016

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Mark Peter Davis, a managing partner at Interplay Ventures, describes this book as "insight into some of the uniquetrials entrepreneurs face."

Written by serial entrepreneur Bo Peabody, the book shows readers how they can put themselves in the right place atthe right time and set the conditions for success.

23. Extreme Programming Explained by Kent

BeckJanuary 22, 2016

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Babak Nivi, a founder of AngelList and Venture Hacks, says this book is "revelatory."

"Develop your product like this book tells you to, unless you know better (e.g. you have experience building operatingsystems, space shuttles, Googles)," says Nivi. "Buy the first edition."

24. "The Four Steps to the Epiphany" by Steve

BlankJanuary 22, 2016

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Nivi also recommends this book by serial e ntrepreneur Steve Blank, calling it "the closest thing to a manual for buildinga startup."

Entrepreneur and Andreessen Horowitz cofounder Marc Andreessen also app reciates the book, saying it is "a roadmapfor how to get to Product/Market Fit."

25. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the

Art of War by Robert CoramJanuary 22, 2016

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