Books for National Small Business Day

Business

 

33.2 million small businesses exist in the U.S., 80% of which are run by a single owner with no employees. If you're trying to do it all and rise above the competition, these books are for you.

How to Grow Your Small Business

How to Grow Your Small Business

A 6-Step Plan to Help Your Business Take Off

New York Times bestselling author, Donald Miller, makes growing a small business accessible to anyone.

I Hope You Fail

I Hope You Fail

Ten Hater Statements Holding You Back from Getting Everything You Want

Learn how SluttyVegan’s founder, Pinky Cole, became the most-successful vegan restauranteur in the world. Her story will inspire readers to keep chasing their entrepreneurial dreams despite years of setbacks.

Founder vs Investor

Founder vs Investor

The Honest Truth About Venture Capital from Startup to IPO

A no-holds-barred look into the minds, motivations, and machinations of how investors and founders team up to build a successful startup, debated in a brazenly honest way by two of the best in the business.

The Entrepreneurial Brain

The Entrepreneurial Brain

How to Ride the Waves of Entrepreneurship and Live to Tell About It

Finally, a user’s guide for people with entrepreneurial brains and those that work with or have family members with them.

Artpreneur

Artpreneur

The Step-by-Step Guide to Making a Sustainable Living from Your Creativity

Art-preneur is a creative call-to-arms for the aspiring professional artist, with an unapologetically feminist tone. Miriam Schulman challenges readers to become bosses of their own art and to take charge of their destiny.

The Power of Potential

The Power of Potential

How a Nontraditional Workforce Can Lead You to Run Your Business Better

Tom D’Eri started Rising Tide Car Wash with his father John as a way to find meaningful employment for people with autism like his brother, Andrew. What the employees taught Tom about running a business will astound us all.

Building a StoryBrand

Building a StoryBrand

Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen

New York Times best-selling author Donald Miller uses the seven universal elements of powerful stories to teach listeners how to dramatically improve how they connect with customers and grow their businesses.

Marketing Made Simple

Marketing Made Simple

A Step-by-Step StoryBrand Guide for Any Business

Based on Building a StoryBrand by New York Times bestselling author Don Miller, this checklist is a strategic and actionable guide to applying the StoryBrand framework to any brand and an essential part of any marketing professional’s tool kit.

Duct Tape Marketing Revised and Updated

Duct Tape Marketing Revised and Updated

The World's Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide

Is your small business growing and thriving the way you envisioned it would when you struck out on your own? This trusted book explains how to develop and execute a simple, effective, and affordable marketing plan that brings new life to products and services.

Entrepreneurial Leadership

Entrepreneurial Leadership

The Art of Launching New Ventures, Inspiring Others, and Running Stuff

Make a lasting impact by launching new initiatives, inspiring others, and championing innovative approaches with this from-the-trenches guide by trusted executive mentor, entrepreneur, and leadership expert Joel Peterson.

Business Made Simple

Business Made Simple

60 Days to Master Leadership, Sales, Marketing, Execution, Management, Personal Productivity and More

It’s hard to be successful without a clear understanding of how business works. These 60 daily readings from New York Times bestselling author Donald Miller focus on the tangible skills it takes to offer extreme value to your organization while building your company, your career, and your legacy.

Running Remote

Running Remote

Master the Lessons from the World’s Most Successful Remote-Work Pioneers

Learn success secrets from original remote work pioneers on the mindset and strategies they developed to build and grow successful organizations from the ground up.

The Art of War for Small Business

The Art of War for Small Business

Defeat the Competition and Dominate the Market with the Masterful Strategies of Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu’s classic strategies are the perfect fit for equipping the small business to prevail over their larger competitors.

Overcoming Impossible

Overcoming Impossible

Learn to Lead, Build a Team, and Catapult Your Business to Success

Make achieving your goals and finding success possible with this one-of-a-kind guide by Robert Irvine, popular host of Food Network’s Restaurant: Impossible.

Embracing the Calm in the Chaos

Embracing the Calm in the Chaos

How to Find Success in Business and Life Through Perseverance, Connection, and Collaboration

Fashion designer Stacy Igel shares her journey of launching her worldwide brand BOY MEETS GIRL while powering through personal struggles. Stacy shows readers that being an overnight success is never the aim, and what matters most isn’t how long it takes to accomplish your dreams but that you never give up.

Jump

Jump

Dare to Do What Scares You in Business and Life

You’re just one Jump away from greater fulfilment in your career, your life, and your future. Discover the simple, successful formula for facing fear head on, ditching the excuses that hold you back, and finding the courage to Jump into the next chapter of your life.

Launch Your Dream

Launch Your Dream

A 30-Day Plan for Turning Your Passion into Your Profession

Bestselling author and serial entrepreneur Dale Partridge provides a concrete, easily executed plan for readers looking to start a business that will result in greater freedom, a stronger family, and healthier finances. Now in trade paper.

From Startup to Exit

From Startup to Exit

An Insider's Guide to Launching and Scaling Your Tech Business

Tech entrepreneurs, make your startup dreams come true by utilizing this invaluable, founder-to-founder guide to successfully navigating all phases of the tech startup journey.

Built, Not Born

Built, Not Born

A Self-Made Billionaire's No-Nonsense Guide for Entrepreneurs

A no-nonsense guide to every aspect of starting and running a business, with life lessons thrown in for good measure.

Click Millionaires

Click Millionaires

Work Less, Live More with an Internet Business You Love

For anyone not currently working in their dream job--this inspiring guide explains step-by-step how to start an online business you’ll love.

The Crowdfunding Handbook

The Crowdfunding Handbook

Raise Money for Your Small Business or Start-Up with Equity Funding Portals

Crowdfunding is changing the game for private companies. Learn all the dos and don’ts you need to know to maximize your company’s success!

Accounting for the Numberphobic

Accounting for the Numberphobic

A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners

Take control of your company’s numbers. After all, they are YOUR company’s numbers!