Recommended Reads

If you are in need of a book for a class project, business inspiration, or just an informative read, look no further than the Start Something College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) library located inside 0030 Curtiss Hall. With a wide selection of literature at your fingertips, learning something new is as easy as signing your name on the Start Something CALS library check-out sheet.

Click the links below each book image to be redirected to the ISU Library or Amazon. Happy reading!

Books about Startup Businesses

All In Startup Book Cover
All in Startup (ISU Library)
All in Startup (Amazon)
Angel Book Cover
Angel (Amazon)  
Business Model Generation Book Cover
Business Model Generation (ISU Library)
Business Model Generation (Amazon)
Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation Book Cover
Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation (ISU Library)
Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation Amazon

 

ON Innovation Book Cover
On Innovation (ISU Library)
On Innovation (Amazon)
Profit First Book Cover
Profit First (ISU Library)
Profit First (Amazon)
Startup Boards Book Cover
Startup Boards (ISU Library)
Startup Boards (Amazon)
Startup Communities Book Cover
Startup Communities (ISU Library)
Startup Communities (Amazon)

 

The Hard Thing About Hard Things Book Cover
The Hard Thing About Hard Things (ISU Library)
The Hard Thing About Hard Things (Amazon)
The Industries of the Future Book Cover
The Industries of the Future (ISU Library)
The Industries of the Future (Amazon)
The Lean Startup Book Cover
The Lean Startup (ISU Library)  
The Lean Startup (Amazon)
The Messy Middle Book Cover
The Messy Middle (ISU Library)
The Messy Middle (Amazon)

    

The Startup Community Way Book Cover
The Startup Community Way (ISU Library)
The Startup Community Way (Amazon)
The Startup Way Book Cover
The Startup Way (Amazon)
Value Proposition Design Book Cover
Value Proposition Design (ISU Library)
Value Proposition Design (Amazon)
Zero to One Book Cover
Zero to One (ISU Library)
Zero to One (Amazon)

 

Books about Successful Entrepreneurs

1,000 Dollars & An Idea Book Cover
1,000 Dollars & an Idea (ISU Library)
1,000 Dollars & an Idea (Amazon)
Beyond Tallulah Book Cover
Beyond Tallulah (ISU Library)
Beyond Tallulah (Amazon)  
Beyond the Lemonade Stand Book Cover
Beyond the Lemonade (ISU Library)
Beyond the Lemonade Stand (Amazon)
Creating Abundance Book Cover
Creating Abundance (ISU Library)
Creating Abundance (Amazon)

 

Cyrus McCormick and the Mechanical Reaper Book Cover
Cyrus McCormick and the Mechanical Reaper (ISU Library)
Cyrus McCormick and the Mechanical Reaper (Amazon)
Eli Whitney and the Birth of American Technology Book Cover
Eli Whitney and the Birth of American Technology (ISU Library)
Eli Whitney and the Birth of American Technology (Amazon)
Edison Book Cover
Edison (ISU Library)
Edison (Amazon)
Elon Musk Book Cover
Elon Musk (ISU Library)
Elon Musk (Amazon)

    

Pour Your Heart Into It Book Cover
Pour Your Heart into It (ISU Library)
Pour Your Heart into It (Amazon)
Principles Book Cover
Principles (ISU Library)
Principles (Amazon)
Quench Your Own Thirst Book Cover
Quench Your Own Thirst (ISU Library) 
Quench Your Own Thirst (Amazon)
R.G. LeTourneau: Mover of Men and Mountains Book Cover
Mover of Mens and Mountains (ISU Library)
Mover of Men and Mountains (Amazon)  

    

Shoe Dog Book Cover
Shoe Dog (ISU Library)  
Shoe Dog (Amazon)  
Small Giants Book Cover
Small Giants (ISU Library)
Small Giants (Amazon)
Tesla Book Cover
Tesla (ISU Library)
Tesla (Amazon)
That Will Never Work Book Cover
That Will Never Work (ISU Library)
That Will Never Work (Amazon)

    

The Barefoot Spirit Book Cover
The Barefoot Spirit (ISU Library)
The Barefoot Spirit (Amazon)    
The Fire of His Genius Book Cover
The Fire of His Genius (Amazon)    
The Intelligent Entrepreneur Book Cover
The Intelligent Entrepreneur (ISU Library)
The Intelligent Entrepreneur (Amazon)
The John Deere Story Book Cover
The John Deere Story (ISU Library)
The John Deere Story (Amazon)

 

The New New Thing Book Cover
The New New Thing (ISU Library)
The New New Thing (Amazon)
The Outsiders Book Cover
The Outsiders ISU Library)  
The Outsiders (Amazon) 
The Warren Buffett Way Book Cover
The Warren Buffett Way (ISU Library)  
The Warren Buffett Way (Amazon)
Titan Book Cover
Titan (ISU Library)
Titan (Amazon)  

    

Who Is Michael Ovitz Book Cover
Who Is (ISU Library)
Who Is (Amazon)

Books about Personal & Business Growth

12 Rules for Life Book Cover
12 Rules for Life (ISU Library)
12 Rules for Life (Amazon)
A Cup of Cappuccino for the Entrepreneur's Spirit Book Cover
A Cup of Cappuccino for the Entrepreneur's Spirit (ISU Library)
A Cup of Cappuccino for the Entrepreneur's Spirit (Amazon)
Beyond Order Book Cover
Beyond Order (ISU Library)
Beyond Order (Amazon)  
Black Box Thinking Book Cover
Black Box Thinking (ISU Library)  
Black Box Thinking (Amazon)  

    

Built for Growth Book Cover
Built for Growth (ISU Library)
Built for Growth (Amazon)
Faster Cheaper Better Book Cover
Faster, Cheaper, Better (ISU Library) 
Faster, Cheaper, Better (Amazon)  
Grit Book Cover
Grit (ISU Library)  
Grit (Amazon)
Grow to Be Great Book Cover
Grow to Be Great (ISU Library)
Grow to Be Great (Amazon)  

    

How Book Cover
How (ISU Library)
How (Amazon)
How Will You Measure Your Life Book Cover
How Will You Measure Your Life? (ISU Library)
How Will You Measure Your Life? (Amazon)
Jamming Book Cover
Jamming (Amazon)  
Life Entrepreneurs Book Cover
Life Entrepreneurs (ISU Library)
Life Entrepreneurs (Amazon)

    

Mindset Book Cover
Mindset (ISU Library)
Mindset (Amazon)  
Not Fade Away Book Cover
Not Fade Away (ISU Library)
Not Fade Away (Amazon)
Self-Employed Book Cover
Self-Employed (ISU Library)
Self-Employed (Amazon)
Skin in the Game Book Cover
Skin in the Game (ISU Library)
Skin in the Game (Amazon)  

    

The Effective Executive Book Cover
The Effective Executive (ISU Library)
The Effective Executive (Amazon)
The Limits of Strategy Book Cover
The Limits of Strategy (Amazon)
The No Asshole Rule Book Cover
The No Rule (ISU Library)
The No Rule (Amazon)
The Obstacle is the Way Book Cover
The Obstacle is the Way (ISU Library)
The Obstacle is the Way (Amazon)

 

The Strategy Paradox Book Cover
The Strategy Paradox (ISU Library)
The Strategy Paradox (Amazon)
Tools of Titans Book Cover
Tools of Titans (ISU Library)
Tools of Titans (Amazon)
Venture Deals Book Cover
Venture Deals (ISU Library)
Venture Deals (Amazon)

Books with Interesting Ideas

Abundance Book Cover
Abundance (ISU Library)
Abundance (Amazon)
Antifragile Book Cover
Antifragile (ISU Library) 
Antifragile (Amazon)
Doing Deals Book Cover
Doing Deals (ISU Library)
Doing Deals (Amazon)  
Fluke Book Cover
Fluke (ISU Library)
Fluke (Amazon)  

    

Guns, Germs, and Steel Book Cover
Guns, Germs, and Steel (ISU Library)
Guns, Germs, and Steel (Amazon)
How People Learn Book Cover
How People Learn (ISU Library)
How People Learn (Amazon)
How the West Won Book Cover
How the West Won (ISU Library)
How the West Won (Amazon)  
Life After Google Book Cover
Life After Google (ISU Library)
Life After Google (Amazon)

    

Lords of Finance Book Cover
Lords of Finance (ISU Library)
Lords of Finance (Amazon)
Moonwalking with Einstein Book Cover
Moonwalking with Einstein (ISU Library)
Moonwalking with Einstein (Amazon)
Outliers Book Cover
Outliers (ISU Library)
Outliers (Amazon)      
Regional Innovation Ecosystems Book Cover

    

The Physics of Life
The Physics of Life (ISU Library)
The Physics of Life (Amazon)  
The Rational Optimist Book Cover
The Rational Optimist (ISU Library)
The Rational Optimist (Amazon)
Unshakeable Book Cover
Unshakeable (ISU Library)
Unshakable (Amazon)