{"id":17892,"date":"2013-02-21T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T10:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clearbooksltd.com\/?p=749"},"modified":"2014-01-13T17:26:47","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T17:26:47","slug":"14-books-every-budding-entrepreneur-should-read-about-successful-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clearbooks.co.uk\/blog\/14-books-every-budding-entrepreneur-should-read-about-successful-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"14 books every budding entrepreneur should read about successful entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

My wife enjoys reading ‘normal books’ on holiday. I like to read books about business. Does that sound familiar?<\/p>\n

I have only four and a half years experience running my startup, marketing to prospects and leading a team so I learn a lot from other peoples’ experiences. I pick and choose the ideas that I like and the ideas that inspire me.<\/p>\n

In no particular order, here are some of the books on my reading list:<\/p>\n

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  1. Maverick!, Ricardo Semler<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Steve Jobs, Walter Issacson<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Return To The Little Kingdom, Michael Moritz<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Business @ The Speed Of Thought, Bill Gates<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Anyone Can Do It; My Story, Duncan Bannatyne<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Losing My Virginity, Richard Branson<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. The Warren Buffet Way, Robert G. Hagstrom<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Soros: The Life, Ideas And Impact Of The World’s Most Influential Investor, Robert Slater<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Investing Against The Tide, Anthony Bolton<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. More Joel On Software, Joel Spolsky<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. Rework, Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. Delivering Happiness, Tony Hsieh<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. Founders At Work, Jessica Livingstone<\/a><\/li>\n
  14. One Click: Jeff Bezos And The Rise Of Amazon.com, Richard L. Brandt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Have you read a good book that you would add to this list?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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