6 Must Read Books For The Beginner Entrepreneur
The world of female entrepreneurship isn’t an easy one. Despite being in the 21st century women are still underrepresented and undervalued in the business world. For budding female entrepreneurs, the world of working for yourself and building a million-dollar company feels like a world away. However, here are six badass women who have crushed that glass ceiling that have accomplished the impossible.
Our list includes women from all parts of the world, business moguls to media giants, these women have fought teeth and nail to be where they are today. Slight spoiler alert, these women aren’t going to sugarcoat their journeys (but do you really want them to?). Their incredible advice comes with their own trials and tribulations.
If you’re looking to learn about female run successful businesses, advocating for your space in the business world, realistic, honest goals and not shrinking yourself to please anybody. These six talented women have got you covered.
We should all be millionaires by Rachel Rodgers
We should All be Millionaires is your go to book for realistic and honest advice. Acting as a step-by-step guide ono how to plan and navigate your own success, you will learn setting realistic, achievable goals and truly advocating for yourself.
In this book Rachel Rodgers, attorney turned businesswoman and mother of four (and not to mention self-made millionaire) shares her advice that she has learned from her own journey to success.
In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs by Grace Booney
Over 100 talented and influential women give their advice on how to make it in their respective industries. Listen to them overcome adversity and spark a global movement of entrepreneurship. From comedians to media titans, to tattoo artists and architects, listen to women who are truly killing it in their respective fields.
Million Dollar Women: The Essential Guide for Female Entrepreneurs Who Want to Go Big by Julia Pimsleur
Julia Pimsleur’s rise to success wasn’t easy, but she wants to show you how she built her own company worth millions of capital each year. In Million Dollar Women, Pimsleur introduces us to seven women who took the brave decision to leave their office jobs to pursue their dreams in entrepreneurship. These women have developed their own dreams into success stories and now want to share their own advice with you.
More than enough: Claiming space for who you are by Elaine Welteroth
Elaine Welteroth doesn’t believe in glass ceilings and has left many smashed in her wake to the top of the fashion and media game. In this captivating memoir Welteroth unpacks her advice on identity, race, and success through sharing her own journey. She navigates her childhood to her eventual success and brings us along for the ride. As we work with her through her trials, we learn the valuable lesson about accepting that we deserve a place in certain spaces, and now we just must go out and get them.
Girl on Fire: How to Choose Yourself, Burn the Rule Book, and Blaze Your Own Trail in Life and Business by Cara Alwill Leyba
As an early voice in the female-driven movement, Cara continues to be a leader in the space, liberating women to trust their intuition and create their own opportunities. This is not for the entrepreneur who wants to wait for their “big break”, but the woman who wants to go out there and create it. It is about learning self-promotion and not waiting around to be given chances. We need to show up and advocate for ourselves, it is for women who are sick and tired of playing by the rules. This isn’t for women who need permission, it is for those who will go out there and take it.
How to build a goddam Empire by Ali Kriegsman
Filled with belly aching humor, Ali Kriegsman didn’t know it all when she started either. As a first-time and inexperienced founder, Ali Kriegsman felt like she couldn’t relate to the glossy, glamorous entrepreneurs crowding her Instagram feed. She developed her own method towards success, fighting her own imposter syndrome and decided to share her dirty, teeth baring fight with the world to show a real, honest depiction of creating a national brand.