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13 Best Business Biographies That Will Show You the Struggles of World’s Biggest Entrepreneurs

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Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others – it’s what Otto von Bismarck used to say. And what other better way to do that than by reading the biographies of those you admire?

Some of the most popular entrepreneurs admitted that they attribute their success to reading memoirs of the people they admire. Here’s a list of the  best business biographies recommended by them (is there something missing, any book that we absolutely-definitely-must add to this list? let us know!). There’s also one entrepreneur biography – or more – sprinkled in there, as well, so have a blast!

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Top leaders are voracious readers. From Apple’s Steve Jobs to Nike founder Phil Knight, Sequoia Capital’s Michael Moritz to junk bond king Michael Milken, they had a passion for building private libraries. “My wife calls me the Imelda Marcos of books,” says Michael Moritz.

They read everything from literary fiction and history to business strategy. Many turn to biographies for learning and inspiration. A 1975 biography of Soichiro Honda, for example, inspired India’s SaaS pioneer Sridhar Vembu. “Honda taught me you can go from fixing bicycles to becoming a leading maker of automobiles. It’s sheer, dogged persistence,” the Zoho founder told me in a recent interview. “That’s something I internalized 22 years ago. I’ve been playing it ever since.”

What clicked for Moritz and Vembu may work for many an entrepreneur. Here’s a collection of 13 biographies to inspire the entrepreneur in you, hand-picked by us and presented in reverse chronological order of publication date.

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4 Entrepreneur Success Stories to Learn From

Entrepreneurship is a risky but potentially rewarding endeavor. According to the online course Entrepreneurship Essentials, 50 percent of startups last five years, and just 25 percent survive 15.

“For every Amazon.com or Uber, there are scores of companies few can remember,” says Harvard Business School Professor William Sahlman in Entrepreneurship Essentials.

So, what separates successful ventures from those that fail?

“When a company succeeds, it’s because it has discovered and made the right moves along the way,” Sahlman says. “It has found out how to create and capture customer value.”

If you’re exploring entrepreneurship or in the early stages of launching a venture, it’s important to learn from others to avoid common pitfalls and discover which decisions impacted a company’s survival. Here are four stories of successful entrepreneurs to inspire your entrepreneurial journey.


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