While there is no single book that will turn you into a startup expert overnight, there are some excellent resources that can give you a solid foundation if you’re a new entrepreneur or startup founder.

Learning from successful entrepreneurs and business experts who have come before you is a great way to improve your business, without having to make costly mistakes. Here are a few tried-and-true books to get you started:

“Crucial Conversations” by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny and Ron McMillan

In this book, you will learn how to handle crucial conversations. Crucial conversations are those that can lead to a better understanding between two people or groups and also help you reach your goals as an entrepreneur. However, they’re not always easy since they involve uncomfortable topics like salary negotiations or firing someone who isn’t performing well at work.

In order to have these types of conversations successfully, it’s important that everyone involved in them understands what they’re getting into beforehand so there aren’t any surprises when things get heated during the discussion itself–which often happens because we tend not to think about what other people may say during tense situations like these until after we’ve already started talking!

“Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill

“Think and Grow Rich” is one of the most popular business books of all time. It was written in 1937 by Napoleon Hill, who interviewed more than 500 successful people about how they achieved their success.

The book teaches you how to think like a millionaire and act like one as well. It includes practical advice on how to:

• Use your imagination to create what you want in life
• Make decisions based on facts rather than emotions (or, as Hill called it, “the feeling mind”)
• Set goals that align with your values, beliefs and personality type

“The Four Steps to the Epiphany” by Steve Blank

The Four Steps to the Epiphany is a must-read for any startup. It’s a classic book that lays out the lean startup methodology and has since been adopted by many companies around the world, including Google and Amazon. The author, Steve Blank, was an academic who became an entrepreneur after discovering his own startup failed because he didn’t know what customers wanted. He then went on to found eight more companies before writing this book.

“Lean Startup” by Eric Ries

Lean startup methodology is a process for developing and launching products, services and businesses.

The main idea behind the methodology is that it’s easier to change your product or idea than it is to change your mind about what customers want.

The lean startup approach encourages entrepreneurs to develop their ideas iteratively through customer feedback, using validated learning as a guide for future decisions (rather than relying on internal assumptions).

“The Second Machine Age” by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee

This book is all about the impact of technology on society. It looks at how technology will change the way we work, and how it will change the way we live. The authors argue that while many people worry about robots taking over jobs, they should instead be focusing on how automation can make us more productive, allowing us to do things we’ve never been able to do before.

These books will help you build a strong startup in 2023

The startup world is constantly evolving. This means that there are always new books being written to reflect those changes. However, there are also some classic business books that will never lose their relevance—and you should definitely read them if you’re interested in launching or growing your startup this year.

The best thing about these older texts is that they still have plenty of insight into how businesses work today; sometimes it’s just a matter of looking at them from a fresh perspective (as when reading about tech trends back then versus now). And even if you don’t apply everything they teach directly to your startup, knowing what others have done before can help keep things in perspective.