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My favourite entrepreneurship books

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• Running Lean . Ash Maurya. The step by step application of Lean Startup & Customer Development.
• The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It . Michael Gerber. What you have to do to run a company that delivers better service consistently, works better, and is worth more with less effort. In a few words: work on your business, not in your business.
• Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less .Greg McKeown. If you find yourself stretched too thin, overworked and loosing motivation this book will help you refocus on your professional and personal life.
• Business Model Generation . Ostewalder & Pigneur. Their Business Model Canvas has revolutionized the way we think about creating business and accelerates a lot the creation of a viable business plan. Complemented with Ash Maurya’s Lean Canvas.
• Information Rules . Shapiro, Varian (yes, Google’s Varian). A classic that is fully applicable now a days. The examples are old but not the business logic.
• Pimento Map . Cedric Donck. To learn how to evaluate a startup or business opportunity as an investor.
• The Management Playbook .Brandon Allen. Great reading about how to develop an effective management style.
• How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk .Adele Faber. Not only a parenting book, also good to teach you to talk and listen to your team.