Books

A reading list for potential entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurship for Dummies by Kathleen, Ph.D. Allen

Realise your goals and get down to business with this handy reference book. It includes information and advice on everything from putting together a business plan and start-up team to conducting a marketing campaign and more.

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The Entrepreneur's Book of Checklists: 1000 Tips to Help You Start and Grow Your Business by Robert Ashton

Billed as the book to help you start and grow your business, The Entrepreneur’s Book of Checklists is designed to become an invaluable source of reference at every stage of the small business journey.

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Anyone Can Do It: The Autobiography by Duncan Bannatyne

The autobiography of self-made multi-millionaire Duncan Bannatyne, star of BBC's Dragon's Den, charts his colourful path to riches, explaining how anyone can take the same route as he did – if they really want to.

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Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons in Life by Sir Richard Branson

Simply impossible to leave out the book written by one of the world’s most famous entrepreneurs, Screw It, Let's Do It is a candid account of the lessons that have helped him through his business and personal life.

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7 Habits of Successful Ecommerce Companies: Give Yourself a Real Competitive Advantage by Ravi Damani, Chetan Damani and Neil Sait

A good source of inspiration and information for online businesses, this book focuses on the key habits and techniques that must be adopted for an online store to run smoothly.

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Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter F. Drucker

It may be a decade old, but this book remains staple reading material for entrepreneurs and is packed with guidelines for identifying innovative opportunity.

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Anyone Can Do It: Building Coffee Republic From Our Kitchen Table. 57 Real-life laws on entrepreneurship by Sahar Hashemi and Bobby Hashemi

An inspirational overview of the journey the brother and sister duo endured while building their business.

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Thinking like an entrepreneur by Peter I Hupalo

Do you want to learn how to make intelligent business decisions? This book will be your well-thumbed bible for comprehensive, easy-to-read, and even inspirational business reading.

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You Selling You by Steve Miller

An important skill for any entrepreneur – selling yourself. This book promises to provide a thorough and practical insight into the tools needed to sell yourself and explains how to use techniques that can be used for many real life situations.

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The Financial Times Guide to Business Start Up 2007 by Sara Williams

Once called the Lloyds TSB Small Business Guide, this book was the start-up bible for over a million people for nearly 20 years. Now known as the FT Guide to Business Start Up, this book is the most up-to-date resource for anyone serious about starting and growing a business.

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