Over the summer, I've read several great books including "The Lean Startup", "Thinking, fast and slow", as well as design and marketing books.<p>During the next year, i'll try to follow up with a "challenge" : A book per week. Above all, I want to learn stuff concerning startups, computer science, design and marketing, but I'm willing to read just about anything as long as i'll learn something.<p>I've found several great lists, and started to cross-compile them for the best references. However, I felt like asking might yield interesting results.<p>So, what are, in your mind, the best books any aspiring entrepreneur should read ?
<i>The Four Steps to the Epiphany</i> - Steve Blank<p><i>The Art of the Start</i> - Guy Kawasaki<p><i>Crossing The Chasm</i> - Geoffrey Moore<p><i>Business Model Generation</i> - Alex Osterwalder<p><i>The Personal MBA</i> - Josh Kaufman<p><i>Blue Ocean Strategy</i> - W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne<p>Also, see:<p><a href="http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-must-read-books-for-entrepreneurs" rel="nofollow">http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-must-read-books-for-entre...</a><p><a href="http://www.quora.com/Business-Books/What-business-books-must-an-entrepreneur-read" rel="nofollow">http://www.quora.com/Business-Books/What-business-books-must...</a><p><a href="http://www.quora.com/What-are-3-books-you-would-suggest-any-entrepreneur-make-their-top-3-must-reads" rel="nofollow">http://www.quora.com/What-are-3-books-you-would-suggest-any-...</a><p>and<p><a href="http://personalmba.com/best-business-books/" rel="nofollow">http://personalmba.com/best-business-books/</a>
Have you checked out the handful of books listed on the YCombinator "Startup Library" page (<a href="http://ycombinator.com/lib.html" rel="nofollow">http://ycombinator.com/lib.html</a>)?:<p>Dale Carnegie: How to Win Friends and Influence People<p>Edward Tufte: The Visual Display of Quantitative Information<p>Paul Graham: Hackers and Painters<p>Jessica Livingston: Founders at Work
MJ DeMarco: The Millionaire Fastlane<p>Regardless of what you read, you'll prove that you learned something if you do something with this stuff beyond reading.