9 Inspiring Reads For Every Tech Entrepreneur

Books full of motivating business advice can help drive you forward in the right direction and will allow you to learn from some of the most successful people in the field. From how to create the optimum working environment for creative minds, to the world’s next consumer-changing trends, there’s a lot you don’t know yet about entrepreneurship and the tech industry…

Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World

by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler

For new business owners just starting out, this book looks at each level of starting a business and splits the book into three sections to create an easy reading experience for budding entrepreneurs. The first section gives you an incredible insight into how startup companies are today going from ‘initial concept’ to ‘multi-million-pounds status’ quicker than ever, and how tech — like 3D printing and androids — might be influencing this trend.

If you want to draw knowledge from other successful business people, this book includes stories from the likes of Richard Branson. Bold’s finale discusses the various, actionable ways you can build your company, with tips on creating lucrative campaigns designed to rocket your startup to the top. A must-read for the big dreamer.

The Industries of the Future

by Alec Ross

Stay ahead of the competition with this great read. A New York Times bestseller, Ross delivers an extensive insight into your industry’s most important advances, from cybersecurity and robotics to genomics and big data, using input from global leaders.

The book’s author, Alec Ross, was once an advisor for innovation for Hilary Clinton — meaning that his experiences are worth reading about. His extensive travel has given him access to the some of the most powerful people in business, and his book is packed with astute observations regarding opportunities for growth and the unknown tech forces that are changing — or will change — the world.

How Google Works

by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg

Why not glean advice from one of the most advanced companies in the world of technology? But how did Google start out and how has the firm stayed at the top of the game for so long?

Produced by two Google executives, this book opens up about workplace culture and overall management — from decision making to worthwhile strategies. Renowned for its innovation, creativity, and ability to bounce back from errors (remember Wave?), this glimpse into the birth and evolution of Google is a must for anyone who wishes to emulate even a part of its success.

Networking Like a Pro

by Ivan R. Misner

For those new to their sector, this book will prove to be the perfect driving force behind networking. Read this book, and you’ll boost your knowledge of overcoming various networking hurdles that could hold you back as your company grows.

In order to make your startup a success, you must reach out to other people. From making useful contacts to develop your business to implementing an effective referral marketing campaign; Networking Like a Pro offers tools, templates and a results-measuring system to help you action your networking strategy and make valuable business connections.

The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

by Kevin Kelly

Making predictions for the tech sector can be hard, but former Wired magazine executive editor does it so well. The best part of The Inevitable is how it paints a picture of ways in which technological forces will overlap, mix and come to co-depend on each other — crucial to know if any of these trends relate to your business.

This book strives to look ahead at the next 30 years, showing you how technology could impact our daily lives. Want to prep your company now for the customer of tomorrow? Then, get ahead of the game.

The Lean Start-Up

by Eric Ries

This book sets out to examine how new companies can launch, adapt and grow within an industry that has fierce competition. Offering real examples of setting up a new business, you get a great insight into how to make a success of your business and avoid the typical pitfalls.

Without a doubt, the beginning stages of opening a business can be difficult but this book will help you remain creative at all times.

The Upstarts

by Brad Stone

This book is ideal for offering guidance on innovation and pulls in stories from real companies. The best thing about this book is the incredibly detailed account of two global companies: Uber and Airbnb. Reading this book, you find out how these giants began and developed to become two of the most respected and innovative brands in the world.

Reading this book will empower you to break down the attitude toward business rules. What can your business do to change the world?

Your One Word

by Evan Carmichael

Evan Carmichael founded and sold his own biotech company at the tender age of 19. If you’re looking for inspiration, this book is definitely for you.

Understand your own business with the help of this book. If you need a boost of confidence and an injection of motivation to start making your tech-business dreams come true, immerse yourself in the powerful words of Carmichael.

Conscious Capitalism

by John Mackey and Rajendra Sisodia

Gather some key advice about how to treat the people who are in and around your business, from an employee level to those who sit on your investor board, and this is exactly what this book illustrates. Referencing several other leading companies — such as UPS, Google, and Amazon — Conscious Capitalism gives an insightful and expert analysis of how you can infuse your business environment with positivity for the optimum workplace culture (an essential component of Google’s success and almost expected by many people working within the innovative tech industry today).

Pick out a few of these life-changing books today and start your tech business off on the right foot.

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