The Best-Selling Startup CEO Books of All Time

Matt Mochary coaches the CEOs of many of the fastest-scaling technology companies in Silicon Valley. With The Great CEO Within, he shares his highly effective leadership and business-operating tools with any CEO or manager in the world. Learn how to efficiently scale your business from startup to corporation by implementing a system of accountability, effective problem-solving, and transparent feedback. Becoming a great CEO requires training. For a founding CEO, there is precious little time to complete that training, especially at the helm of a rapidly growing company. Now you have the guidance you need in one book.

No CEO can find a point of balance and then stand still--that’s not even possible on a tightrope. The expectation is that the business must always move forward. The American CEO walks a tightrope daily . . . many times blindfolded and without a net below. The job of balancing the often-competing interests of a company’s constituents is so challenging that the average lifespan of a newly minted CEO is around five years. Why is it that our most successful businesspeople, individuals who have been wildly successful at every other position in their career, often fail when they get to the CEO chair?

The job of the CEO is unlike any leadership position, yet many CEOs are unprepared for its challenges. Yes, you must have business acumen and people-management skills, but you’ll also need to own the company vision, provide the proper resources, build the culture consistently and in alignment with company goals, make key decisions, and deliver performance that satisfies boards, shareholders, and investors. And, to complicate matters, you must work in an ambiguous environment in which you have absolute responsibility but questionable control. Your biggest challenge will be the balancing act required to be successful--to grow your company in the short term and create a long-term advantage that makes your efforts sustainable. Joel Trammell, successful entrepreneur, CEO, and investor, explores the various points of balance that challenge every CEO. He identifies what it looks like when a CEO is off balance and offers modern techniques and approaches to regain balance, drawn from almost thirty years of study and experience. You’ll learn about the 50+ daily struggles that might pull you off balance, such as how to build credibility while avoiding the cheerleader vs. Eeyore trap; how to identify the right growth opportunities while avoiding the budget blower vs. budget tyrant trap; and how to create strong alignment while avoiding the CIA vs. amateur trap. Trammell has created this resource for aspiring, new, and more experienced CEOs. He shares stories that allow you to identify your own strengths and weaknesses and provides questions that promote self-analysis. Filling a void in the market for a clear, compelling guide for CEOs, The CEO Tightrope is certain to become your go-to valued resource.

Hiring, Technology, Internship Jobs Reviewed: "#1 Best Hiring and Recruiting Guide for Startups, New Companies and Startup Entrepreneurs." by venture capital and startup JOBS Act expert, Ross Blankenship. Hire Like a Boss: The Ultimate Guide to Recruiting, Hiring, and Managing Interns and New Employees for Startup CEOs, is the official book to help entrepreneurs like you recruit, hire and manage interns and new hires. Whether you are running a startup or a Fortune 500 company, the best hiring and management practices matter in driving profit and revenue to your company.

Hire Like a Boss will help entrepreneurs, human resources, recruiters, staffing, operations management, and hiring personnel make better hiring decisions through proven entrepreneurship practices. Startups companies need to know how to hire, recruit and retain the best job candidates through smarter entrepreneurship. With Hire Like a Boss, Ross Blankenship (http://rossblankenship.com) who is the venture capital expert and startup advisor, shows you how to hire the best interns who can become valued assets for your growing company. We analyze internship programs from Google, Palantir, Facebook, Twitter to startups like Coinbase, Dropbox, Stripe and Github. This book will help you recruit and hire the interns who will not only help your company team, but will also advocate for your company after they’ve finished working for you. Who knows, they might even end up working for you as a full-time employee. Startups need to hire interns who will make a difference in the revenue and profit stream of the business. Hiring an intern is about matching them with a potential career opportunity. Hire Like a Boss is about hiring smart, better, more agile job candidates seeking the best careers through internships. The book also helps startups hiring. We address many topics on hiring, recruiting, and management of talent, including: -How to Recruit New Employees and Interns -How to Screen Candidates and Job Applicants -How to Manage Employees More Effectively -How to Review Employees and Interns Hire Like a Boss (for intern hiring) will ensure your job candidates match the job position — from reviewing résumés to asking the best interview questions, this book will help you screen and hire qualified candidates for careers. Whether you are a company looking for interns to increase your social media content, or you’re looking for interns to help with your business development, this guide will provide you with the best strategy and tips to attract the top interns and hires to help your company. Ross Blankenship is the author, venture capital and expert on startups. Blankenship is also a leading expert on hiring and management practices worldwide - helping startups and growing companies accelerate sales by smarter talent recruitments methods. Ross has advised many startups and entrepreneurs on how to build better business through smarter talent management. Ross Blankenship's entrepreneurship principles provide a strong foundation for any company that is ready to make more profit through better hiring, recruiting and managing. This startup hiring book is also for those seeking careers, internships and for those CEOs who want to lead as better entrepreneurs.