 | Valley Boy: The Education of Tom Perkins by Tom Perkins
Buy new: $18.15 / Used from: $0.01 Must read for any entrepreneur or new venture capitalist. Insights on what makes for an exceptionally successful entrepreneur and venture capitalist - know-how, judgment, the ability to embrace uncertainty, and management of technical risk.
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 | Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great by Jim Collins
Buy new: $8.37 / Used from: $4.92 An excellent book for the entrepreneur! This monograph better describes what is necessary for a start-up than Collin's first work, "Good to Great." The latter is better suited for companies that are beyond the development stage.
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 | Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company That Changed the World by Chris Lowney
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $5.88 One of the best books on leadership that I have ever read.
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 | Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes by Mark Penn
Buy new: $17.15 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $0.01 One of my all time favorites - a must for any entrepreneur or venture investor.
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 | Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story by Jerry Weissman
Buy used from: $4.22 A must for any entrepreneur written by one of the industry's experts. The pitch is a start-up's most critical communication tool. If you do not get this right, you will never get any traction in funding, recruiting, or revenues.
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 | The Power Presenter: Technique, Style, and Strategy from America's Top Speaking Coach by Jerry Weissman
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $13.95 |
 | Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don't by Ram Charan
Buy new: $18.15 / Used from: $2.00 |
 | Head, Heart and Guts: How the World's Best Companies Develop Complete Leaders (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership) by David L. Dotlich
Buy new: $20.40 / Used from: $1.98 The most important decisions are those involving people. Dotlich et al describes the the element of courage (based on values)which is essential to leadership. The "Head and the Heart" have previously garnered all the attention in books on leadership. But there is more...
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 | Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change by William Bridges
Buy used from: $1.99 Managing transitions is what managing a development stage company is all about. Their are lessons here that will apply to leading an entrepreneurial company.
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 | Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi
Buy new: $17.16 / Used from: $8.00 Networking is a key to leadership. Ferrazzi lays out a program that is counter-intuitive but right on the money.
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 | What the CEO Wants You to Know : How Your Company Really Works by Ram Charan
Buy new: $14.28 / Used from: $0.14 |
 | How To Manage Your Board While Your Board Manages You: A Practical Guide To Working Effectively With a Board For Both New and Experienced CEOs by Martin M. Coyne II
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $35.40 |
 | The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street by Jonathan A. Knee
Buy new: $31.00 / Used from: $1.47 |
 | Silos, Politics and Turf Wars: A Leadership Fable About Destroying the Barriers That Turn Colleagues Into Competitors (J-B Lencioni Series) by Patrick Lencioni
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $5.67 |
 | The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (J-B Lencioni Series) by Patrick Lencioni
Buy new: $14.16 / Used from: $6.76 |
 | The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable by Patrick M. Lencioni
Buy used from: $0.01 |
 | Chocolates on the Pillow Aren't Enough: Reinventing The Customer Experience by Jonathan M. Tisch
Buy new: $19.67 / Used from: $0.32 |
 | Hiring the Best: Manager's Guide to Effective Interviewing and Recruiting, Fifth Edition by Martin Yate
Buy new: $11.01 / Used from: $0.94 |
 | The Power of the Obvious by Aldo Papone
Buy new: $27.95 / Used from: $0.05 |
 | Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst: A True Story of Inside Information and Corruption in the Stock Market by Daniel Reingold
Buy used from: $4.01 |
 | Tough Choices: A Memoir by Carly Fiorina
Buy used from: $0.01 |
 | Leadership Passages: The Personal and Professional Transitions That Make or Break a Leader (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership) by David L. Dotlich
Buy new: $20.40 / Used from: $6.70 |
 | The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $6.00 |
 | Leading at the Speed of Growth: Journey from Entrepreneur to CEO (Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership) by Katherine Catlin
Buy new: $21.36 / Used from: $1.85 |
 | The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty by Julia Flynn Siler
Buy new: $18.48 / Used from: $0.32 The rise and fall of an American icon, the Robert Mondavi Corporation
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 | Winning by Jack Welch
Buy new: $20.12 / Used from: $0.28 |
 | Wall Street Meat: My Narrow Escape from the Stock Market Grinder by Andy Kessler
Buy new: $11.96 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | What the Customer Wants You to Know: How Everybody Needs to Think Differently About Sales by Ram Charan
Buy new: $14.27 / Used from: $9.98 |
 | Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute
Buy used from: $3.54 |
 | The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Rosamund Stone Zander
Buy new: $9.75 / Used from: $2.28 |
 | Uncommon Genius by Denise Shekerjian
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | Webify Your Business, Internet Marketing Secrets for the Self-Employed by Patrick Schwerdtfeger
Buy new: $17.05 / Used from: $23.62 Patrick Scwherdtfeger covers everything from LinkedIN to Twitter, highlights the most useful digital tools, and shows in a step-by-step fashion how to apply them to your business.
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 | Free Publicity: A TV Reporter Shares the Secrets for Getting Covered on the News by Jeff Crilley
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $0.10 Excellent primer on the use of PR from an "insiders" point of view. Think about the use of PR to help raise capital and to launch a new product.
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 | Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average by Joseph T. Hallinan
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $11.66 |
 | Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team's Passion, Creativity, and Productivity by Michael L. Stallard
Buy new: $15.63 / Used from: $1.98 |
 | Our Own Devices: The Past and Future of Body Technology by Edward Tenner
Buy used from: $0.01 |
 | Profitable Growth Is Everyone's Business: 10 Tools You Can Use Monday Morning by Ram Charan
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton by David Gergen
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.41 |
 | The Dream Manager by Matthew Kelly
Buy new: $15.96 / Used from: $7.49 |
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