What business books do you recommend as the most informative/useful?

What books can you recommend that can help me find out how every business industry out there actually works?

• Examples of "business industry" include accounting firms, bookkeeping firms, advertising agencies, real estate agencies etc.

• Answer:

  These are my personal picks but could be different from which trajectory you are heading to. These are most influential to me as a budding entrepreneur. If you could try not to consume too much of books but rather just make things happen, it would be best for experience is the best teacher. Just do the jump anyway and just put yourself out there.  All the best! Now on to my list (not in any particular order): 1. Good to great by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen. The 20-mile march is the greatest takeaway. 2. The 4-hour workweek by Tim Ferriss. - talks about productivity tools. 3. Business Model Generation by Alex Osterwalder - to give you a framework of how to do and create business models or reflect on your current strategies with your existing business. 4. The Lean Startup by Eric Ries- contemporary trends of doing business.   Definitely worth checking out 5. Don't miss out on Breakthrough Advertising by Eugene Schwartz if you want to explore further on great advertising and copywriting tehniques. 6. The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau has several stories about people who started from almost nothing to now running a sustainable business. 7. Boost your online presence with Gary Vaynerchuk's JJJRH or Jab, Jab, Jab, Right hook. Social media strategies are a gem to your business. 8.  The Slight Edge by Jeff Goins, showing you how efforts in small increments can build compound greater effects. I could add a few more but I'm at bed right now I fell from the stairs earlier I have hurt my wrist (ouch!) and now I need to rest. No worries,  it was just a little ninja stunt that happened there.  Anyways, it would be interesting to see what others people have on their bucket list.  Cheers!