Every founder and investor we interview recommends one book. Here are the recommendations so far, by founders, for founders. Browse them on the shelf at the Founder Book Club.
Safia Qureshi
Founder, CLUBZERØ
Eric Ries
Al Ries & Jack Trout
Killian Stokes
Co-founder, Moyee Coffee
Brian Halligan & Dharmesh Shah
Viktor Frankl
David Schwartz
Yvon Chouinard
Cory Sanderson
Co-founder & CEO, Sustaera
Suneel Gupta
For founders
Kim Stanley Robinson
For climate fiction
Tom Steyer
For climate action
Karim Tarraf
Co-founder, Hawa Dawa
“People are the most critical resource for a startup. This book teaches you a lot about yourself, but also what to look for in talent.”
George Anders
Abijit Aji
VP of Treasury & Financing, Gradiant
Ben Horowitz
Robert Greene
If power is what you’re studying
Marcus Aurelius
If you want something more philosophical
Daniel Kahneman
For systems thinking
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
For systems thinking
Jigar Shah
Jean-Christophe Lambert
Co-founder, Ascendance Flight Technologies
“They weren’t afraid to discuss and change plans to get to their goal, they interacted a lot with local people. So in a sense, it was about diversity on the team.”
Maurice Herzog
Sarah Nolet
Co-founder, Tenacious Ventures
“About an anti-GMO activist who became very pro-GMO.”
Donella Meadows et al.
Charles Massy
Mark Lynas
Bryan Eagle
Founder, Glanris
“As I read through that book, it just hit me: ‘Wow, this industry absolutely has to change.’”
Seth M. Siegel
Irina Fedorenko
Serial entrepreneur
“The Russian classics give an understanding of human nature that’s still universally valid.”
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Olympia Yarger
Founder, Goterra
“Sometimes I just need something well-written and funny.”
Sebastian Junger
Marian Keyes
Anything by Marian Keyes
Marian Keyes
Anything by Marian Keyes
Got a book that changed how you build? Tell us in your Green Techpreneur interview and it could join the shelf.
