Ranked: The Entrepreneurial Spirit

This is a subjective Ranked version of Intriguing Connections: The Entrepreneurial Spirit


What makes an entrepreneur?  This list of books tries to answer those questions. 


  1. [Upcoming] Beyond the Idea: How to Execute Innovation in Any Organization by Vijay Govindarajan, and Chris Trimble
  2. Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
  3. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
  4. The New Farm: Our Ten Years on the Front Lines of the Good Food Revolution by Brent Preston
  5. Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI by Karen Hao
  6. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
  7. The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths by Mariana Mazzucato
  8. A Renegade History of the United States by Thaddeus Russell
  9. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
  10. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller
  11. The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge by Matt Ridley
  12. From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 by Lee Kuan Yew
  13. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer
  14. Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming by McKenzie Funk
  15. Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  16. 101 Theory Drive: A Neuroscientist's Quest for Memory by Terry McDermott
  17. Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy by George Gilder
  18. Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin
  19. Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin
  20. The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
  21. Tesla: His Tremendous and Troubled Life by Marko Perko, Stephen M Stahl