The Top 10 Books of 2012 for Entrepreneurs

Monday December 31, 2012 , 2 min Read

2012 has been a terrific year for books about startups, entrepreneurs and the innovation ecosystem! Of the dozens of books received for review by YourStory.in and picked up by its research team from overseas visits, here is our pick of the Top 10 Books of 2012 for Entrepreneurs.

The selection includes books with advice for startups, tips for aspiring entrepreneurs, assessments of Indian innovation, case studies of app developers and entrepreneurs, and even guidelines for creating startup communities in a city.

We look forward to your comments on these books, and to suggestions for books to review for 2013. Our research team and all our colleagues at YourStory.in wish our readers and partners a happy holiday season and a terrific year ahead in 2013 – may a million successful startups bloom in India!

1) The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

by Eric Ries

2) Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City

by Brad Feld

3) Appillionaires: Secrets from Developers who Struck it Rich on the App Store

by Chris Stevens

4) The Entrepreneurial Instinct: How Everyone has the Innate Ability to Start a Successful Small Business

by Monica Mehta

5) India Inside: The Emerging Innovation Challenge to the West

by Nirmalya Kumar and Phanish Puranam

6) The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future

by Chris Guillebeau