10 Business Books for the Entrepreneurial Spirit

Get inspired to dream bigger, build your business, or start something brand new with these ten business books that will encourage you to get started.

Each of these titles from our collection can help you succeed in specific goals, with your future and current clients, or even build leadership skills you will need in the current market. 

We encourage you to check out these books from the DropCap catalog for yourself, and then find a little, or a lot, of the motivation you need to become a great entrepreneur.


The Tell-Tale Entrepreneur 

By Bernard Murphy
Published by Advantage
World Rights Available

In The Tell-Tale Entrepreneur, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and tech blogger Bernard Murphy goes straight to the heart of why so many brilliant businesspeople, particularly in the tech and engineering fields, find it so hard to communicate effectively with prospects, with clients, even within their own organizations.

Learn how to flex your storytelling ability and really make a connection with potential clients and your coworkers to get the results you are looking for with The Tell-Tale Entrepreneur.


Unfair Marketing

By David Rodnitzky
Published by Modern Marketing Masters
Rights Sold: Russian (Worldwide)

In Unfair Marketing, David Rodnitzky provides you with a comprehensive guide to help you identify and apply all your unfair advantages. Combining insight from more than twenty years of experience with the stories of companies that successfully leveraged their superpower, David shows you how to take your business from good to exceptional by using the assets you already have.

What sets you apart from the competition? Take advantage of your competitive strengths and learn what makes your product or service unique from anyone else with Unfair Marketing.


TransformAble

By Angie Tuglus
Published by Langrick Media
World Rights Available 

Tuglus’s wealth of knowledge, straightforward approach, and sense of humor will help readers take ownership of their organization’s future—regardless of its size, industry, or product offering—and help them define, design, and execute lasting change.

Change your game plan and adapt to changing times and conditions with TransformAble, written specifically to help organizations of any size undergo necessary change. Shape your future, even when there is uncertainty in the past, with this great title. 


Chase Greatness

By Rajeev Kapur
Published by Advantage
World Rights Available

It’s never too late to “Chase Greatness” in your leadership role. Kapur provides a powerful toolbox of practical advice that will enable you to not only be profitable but also reflect values that will enhance lives and make the world a better place.

People leaders and future leaders will appreciate Chase Greatness, which applies leadership lessons with a dose of empathy and understanding. Learn how to be someone that people respect, listen to, and ultimately can work well with in this practical how-to.


The Greater Good

By Madeleine Shaw
Published by Langrick Media, an imprint of Wonderwell
World Rights Available

Most existing books on social entrepreneurship focus on business strategies, beating back the competition, and achieving celebrity status. In contrast, The Greater Good takes a more personal look at how people can change the world through capitalist enterprise, uncovering the emotional drive within each of us to build the world of our dreams through vision, courage, and collaboration.

Use your personal values to help propel your world-changing vision: it’s possible to use your own relationship building and passion to build something great. 


Be the Go-To

By Theresa M. Lina
Published Lioncrest Publishing
Rights Sold: Korean

If you want to drive game-changing solutions into your markets and deliver results that have customers flocking to you, this entertaining and well-researched strategy playbook will help you develop your own plan for becoming the Go-To!

If you struggle to find the exact recipe for what sets your brand apart, you won’t want to miss this well-researched strategy book for finding just that: Be the Go-To.


New Startup Mindset

By Sandra Shpliberg
Published by Girl Friday Books
World Rights Available

Sandra Shpilberg is a unicorn and this book is one, too. Simultaneously profound and practical, replete with the soundest advice and great storytelling while being tender toward the reader’s soul, this is a game-changing must-read for anyone who dreams of creating a business--and in particular for those who don’t fit the mold. Go Sandra Shpilberg, go!” —Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of the New York Times bestseller How to Raise an Adult, and Real American: A Memoir

Set aside Silicon Valley startup myths and learn what it truly takes for aspiring founders to build impactful companies. By focusing on customer needs, this book will inspire you to revise your thinking about what it takes to create a startup and make it work.


The Seven Pillars of Customer Success

By Wayne McCulloch
Published by Scribe Media
World Rights Available

In The Seven Pillars of Customer Success, Wayne provides an adaptable framework for building a strong customer success organization. From customer journey actions to the development of transformation advisors, you’ll read detailed examples of how companies have put these seven pillars to the test. To create a culture of customer success and stand out in the marketplace, you need a proven framework and knowledgeable perspective—this book provides both, and more.

With more than 25 years of experience in the software industry, Wayne McCulloch will teach you how to build your skills as a customer success leader and customize a plan that will work best for your brand. 


Game of Sales

By David Perry
Published by Lioncrest Publishing
World Rights Available

In the fast-paced world of enterprise sales, are you looking to sharpen your skill set to gain an edge? Do you want to drive efficient, repeatable success without getting worn down? Game of Sales is the candid conversation you always wanted to have with a top enterprise salesperson. David Perry holds nothing back. 

With experience working at companies like Adobe, Amazon, Google, and IBM, David Perry will teach you what you need to know about sales that will maximize earning potential and help you perform at your best level. 


Unsettled Disruption

By Juana-Catalina Rodriguez
Published by Koehler Books
World Rights Available

The global disruption caused by the pandemic, climate change, technology, and new customer expectations is unparalleled. Overnight, entire economies, education systems, and social infrastructures came to a grinding halt. Nowadays, many companies, organizations, business leaders, and entrepreneurs face the test of redefining their strategy in a short time frame. 

Written with current issues that we face in mind, this book combines practical concepts, tools, and business cases to help you overcome the issues that all businesses face.


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