The BEST 5 BOOKS EVERY ENTREPRENEUR OUT THERE
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Dream With Your Eyes OpenRonnie Screwvala
WHAT THEY SAID
Ronnie is a rare breed: innovative, disruptive, compassionate, sincere, honest and smart. I feel honoured to call him my friend.
Andy Bird: Chairman - Walt Disney International
Businesses need to go beyond the interests of their companies to the communities they serve. I hope this book will inspire many to believe and question how they impact others as they grow their companies.
- Ratan Tata: Chairman - Tata Trusts
The story of Indian media in the last twenty years is the story of how a few brave entrepreneurs like Ronnie built an exciting industry from scratch - with few guideposts and no templates to replicate. I hope Ronnie’s story will be a beacon for entrepreneurs who seek to create their own next...
James Murdoch: COO - 21st Century Fox
WHY YOU
READ THIS
BOOK
Ronnie tells how his two decades of building some successful (and some not-so-successful) businesses,
bringing clarity to a quickly changing business landscape and making an impassioned case for the role
of entrepreneurship in India's future.
WHAT THIS
BOOK TELLS YOU
If you’ve ever had an impactful, disruptive product or business idea, been curious about owning your own business, or have already taken the first steps on your entrepreneurial journey, this is the book for you.
WHAT THIS
BOOK TELLS YOU
If you’ve been running your own company for the last seven-odd years, and scale, brand and value-creation are some of the crossroads for you now, keep reading.
WHAT THIS
BOOK TELLS YOU
If you think your parents or family would freak out if you dared to suggest ditching your safe haven—your professional job—to pursue your dreams of owning your own business, relax. Better yet, share this book with them.
Creativity, Inc.Ed Catmull
WHAT THEY SAID
“This book should be required reading for any manager.” -James Murdoch: COO - 21st Century Fox
“Pixar’s unrivalled record, and the joy their films have added to our lives, gives Catmull’s method the most important validation: IT WORKS.”
-Jim Collins, author of The Power of Habit
“Business gurus love to tell stories about Pixar, but this is our first chance to hear the real story from someone who lived it and led it. Everyone interested in managing innovation-or just good managing-needs to read this book.”
-Chip Heath, co-author of Switch and Decisive
WHY YOU
READ THIS
BOOK
This book unveils several ways to foster creative culture in company.
WHAT THIS
BOOK TELLS YOU
It is a book for managers who want to lead their employees to new heights, a manual for anyone who strives for originality, and the first-ever, all-access trip into the nerve centre of Pixar Animation—into the meetings, post-mortems, and “Braintrust” sessions where some of the most successful films in history are made.
WHAT THIS
BOOK TELLS YOU
If you don’t strive to uncover what is unseen and understand its nature, you will be ill prepared to lead.
WHAT THIS
BOOK TELLS YOU
It is, at heart, a book about how to build a creative culture.
ReworkJason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
WHAT THEY SAID
“Unperturbed by conventional wisdom, Jason and David start fresh and rewrite the rules of business. Their approach turns
out to be a successful as it is counter-intuitive.”
— Jeff bezos, CEO of Amazon.com
"Every once in a while, a book comes out that changes just about everything. This is one of those books. Ignore it at your peril" (Seth Godin, New York Times bestselling author)
— Seth Godin, New York Times bestselling author
WHY YOU
READ THIS
BOOK
It will force you to think on what actually matters when you build culture, company.
WHAT THIS
BOOK TELLS YOU
This book hurts. It can make you feel bad. And this is good. This book goes over all standards of the typical work environment and shows how these rules are broken in the today’s world. If you work in an office, read this. If you implement only a few of the insights of this book your job could be pretty different.
WHAT THIS
BOOK TELLS YOU
A huge bonus point of Rework is the genuine voice. You can finish this book quickly even if you are not an avid reader as it is more like a conversation. The book is written in a profane yet personal tone that makes it relatable and convincing.
WHAT THIS
BOOK TELLS YOU
You will learn how our traditional approach is flawed and why they no longer yield effective results.
Zero to OnePeter Thiel
WHAT THEY SAID
“This book delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to create value in the world.”
— Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook
“Crisply written, rational and practical, Zero to One should be read not just by aspiring entrepreneurs but by anyone seeking a thoughtful alternative to the current pervasive gloom about the prospects for the world.”
— The Economist
“Peter Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and Zero to One shows how.”
- Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla
WHY YOU
READ THIS
BOOK
How to take a big decision of building something for the first time and making it a
Success.
WHAT THIS
BOOK TELLS YOU
The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One , legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those new things.
WHAT THIS
BOOK TELLS YOU
Thiel begins with the contrarian premise that we live in an age of technological stagnation, even if we’re too distracted by shiny mobile devices to notice. Information technology has improved rapidly, but there is no reason why progress should be limited to computers or Silicon Valley. Progress can be achieved in any industry or area of business. It comes from the most important skill that every leader must master: learning to think for yourself.
WHAT THIS
BOOK TELLS YOU
Zero to One presents at once an optimistic view of the future of progress in America and a new way of thinking about innovation: it starts by learning to ask the questions that lead you to find value in unexpected places.
The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBen Horowitz
WHAT THEY SAID
“There is more than enough substance in Mr. Horowitz’s impressive tome to turn it into a leadership classic.”
— The Economist
“Crisply written, rational and practical, Zero to One should be read not just by aspiring entrepreneurs but by anyone seeking a thoughtful alternative to the current pervasive gloom about the prospects for the world.”
— The Economist
“Peter Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and Zero to One shows how.”
- Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla
WHY YOU
READ THIS
BOOK
How Hard it is to lead a team despite all the Sweat and Hard work.
WHAT THIS
BOOK TELLS YOU
Draws on his own story of founding, running, selling, buying, managing, and investing in technology companies to offer essential advice and practical wisdom for navigating the toughest problems business schools don't cover.
WHAT THIS
BOOK TELLS YOU
Filled with Horowitz's trademark humour and straight talk, and drawing from his personal and often humbling experiences, The Hard Thing About Hard Things is invaluable for veteran entrepreneurs as well as those aspiring to their own new ventures.
WHAT THIS
BOOK TELLS YOU
A lifelong rap fan, Horowitz amplifies business lessons with lyrics from his favourite songs and tells it straight about everything from firing friends to poaching competitors, from cultivating and sustaining a CEO mentality to knowing the right time to cash in.
So this tells the Story of 5 Amazing Books that you should Read NOW.
