Topic
Entrepreneurship
22 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
22 posts — page 1 of 2
Books Like Zero to One: 9 Reads for Founders
If Peter Thiel's contrarian guide to building something new and monopolistic sharpened your thinking, these books on startups, strategy, and innovation are the next steps.
Where to Start with Alex Hormozi: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Alex Hormozi — how to approach $100M Offers, his essential book on creating irresistible business offers. A complete reading guide to the entrepreneur-author.
Where to Start with Ben Horowitz: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Ben Horowitz — how to approach The Hard Thing About Hard Things, his essential book on building and leading startups. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Chris Guillebeau: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Chris Guillebeau — how to approach The $100 Startup, his practical guide to building a profitable small business with minimal startup capital. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Eric Jorgenson: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Eric Jorgenson — how to approach The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, his curated distillation of Naval Ravikant's thinking on wealth, happiness, and judgment. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Eric Ries: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Eric Ries — how to approach The Lean Startup, the book that introduced Build-Measure-Learn and the minimum viable product to mainstream business thinking. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Gino Wickman: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Gino Wickman — how to approach Traction, his Entrepreneurial Operating System for small and mid-size businesses seeking clarity, accountability, and execution. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Grant Cardone: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Grant Cardone — whether to begin with The 10X Rule or Sell or Be Sold. A complete reading guide to the sales trainer and business author.
Where to Start with Michael E. Gerber: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Michael E. Gerber — how to approach The E-Myth Revisited, his classic diagnosis of why most small businesses fail and how to build a business that works without depending entirely on its owner. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Mike Michalowicz: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Mike Michalowicz — how to approach Profit First, his cash management system for small businesses that reverses the accounting formula to force profitability. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Napoleon Hill: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Napoleon Hill — how to approach Think and Grow Rich, the 1937 classic that distilled the success principles of 500 self-made millionaires and invented modern self-help. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Peter Thiel: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Peter Thiel — how to approach Zero to One, his contrarian framework for building startups that create genuine value rather than copying what already works. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Phil Knight: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Phil Knight — how to approach Shoe Dog, his essential memoir about building Nike. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Rob Fitzpatrick: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Rob Fitzpatrick — how to approach The Mom Test, his practical guide to customer interviews that generate genuine insight rather than false validation. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Tim Ferriss: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Tim Ferriss — whether to begin with The 4-Hour Workweek or The 4-Hour Body. A complete reading guide to the entrepreneur and author.
Best Books About Success: Essential Reading List
The best books about success — from Outliers and Grit to Shoe Dog and Zero to One. Non-fiction that actually changes how you think about achievement, skill, and building something.
Best Founder and Startup Memoirs: Essential Business Books
The best founder and startup memoirs — from Shoe Dog and Steve Jobs to Zero to One and The Hard Thing About Hard Things. Essential business reading.
Best Startup Books: Essential Reading for Founders and Builders
The best startup books — from Zero to One and The Lean Startup to Shoe Dog and The Hard Thing About Hard Things. What founders actually need to read to build something.
The Lean Startup vs Zero to One: Which First?
Two books dominate every founder's reading list. The Lean Startup and Zero to One agree that most businesses fail — and disagree about everything else. Here is how their philosophies compare, where each goes wrong, and which to read first.
Where to Start with MJ DeMarco: A Reading Guide
Where to start with MJ DeMarco — how to approach The Millionaire Fastlane, his contrarian argument that conventional frugality-plus-index-funds advice optimises for the wrong goal, and that scalable business ownership is the only realistic path to rapid wealth. A complete reading guide.
Disclosure: Amazon links on this site are affiliate links. If you purchase through them we earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.