Looking for good books on business and entrepreneurship? This is my list of the best page-for-page business books of all-time. If you only have time to read one or two books, I recommend looking at the Top Business Books section below.
You can also find recently released books that are worth your attention in the New and Notable section. I try to carefully curate all of my reading lists and you can be sure that any venture capital book on this page is worth your time. Enjoy!
New and Notable
This section features recently released books that are worth your attention.
No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
by Reed Hastings & Erin Meyer
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Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
by Frank Slootman
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The Top 10 Business Books
Not sure where to start? These top business books are essential reading.
The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership
by Bill Walsh
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High Output Management
by Andrew Grove
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Principles: Life and Work
by Ray Dalio
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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
by Peter Thiel with Blake Masters
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Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
by Frank Slootman
Print | eBook | Audiobook
The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
by William Thorndike
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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
by Eliyahu Goldratt & Jeff Cox
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Only the Paranoid Survive
by Andrew Grove
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No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
by Reed Hastings & Erin Meyer
Print | eBook | Audiobook
Mastering the Rockefeller Habits: What You Must Do to Increase the Value of Your Growing Firm
by Verne Harnish
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Best Books on Growth and Scaling
Every company has to overcome the initial hurdles to growth and then lean into scaling to build a big business. These the top growth focused books are essential reading.
High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People
by Elad Gil
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Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
by Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh
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The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects
by Andrew Chen
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Best Books on Decision Making
Building anything is a relentless exercise in making decisions with incomplete information and insufficient time. These books will help you make sound decisions under stress.
Mistakes Were Made But Not By Me: Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
by Carol Tavris & Elliot Aronson
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Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
by Annie Duke
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