Ten Audiobooks Every Start-Up Founder and Lifestyle Business Owner Should Listen To

The term “lifestyle business” has gotten a bit of a bad rap in some circles, but others wear the label with pride. One blogger referred to the term lifestyle business as a “patronizing term for businesses unwilling to grow at the expense of the quality of their product or workplace.” Another blogger retorted in defense of the term by saying that a lifestyle businesses is “a derogatory term invented by VCs to dissuade entrepreneurs from bootstrapping.”

The debate about whether or not entrepreneurs should start venture-capital backed businesses or smaller lifestyle businesses will likely rage on for some time, but there are a lot of things that entrepreneurs, lifestyle business owners and founders of VC-backed startups alike, need to learn to succeed in the entrepreneurial world, such as learning how to be productive, learning how to sell and the importance of customer service. Fortunately, a number of entrepreneurs that have been around the block a couple of times have published their knowledge in written and audiobook form.

Here are ten audiobooks that every lifestyle business owner and start-up founder should listen to:

	Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion (Unabridged) By Gary Vaynerchuk In Crush It! Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion, Gary Vaynerchuk shows you how to use the Internet to turn your real interests into real businesses....
	The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Business Don't Work and What to Do About It (Unabridged) By Michael E. Gerber In this audio edition of the totally revised underground bestseller, The E-Myth, Michael Gerber dispels the myths surrounding starting your own business....
	Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose (Unabridged) By Tony Hsieh Tony Hsieh - CEO of Zappos, the online shoe retailer - explains how he created a unique culture and commitment to service that aims to improve the lives of its employees....
	FREE: The Future of a Radical Price By Chris Anderson Free makes the compelling case that, in many instances, businesses can profit more from giving things away than they can by charging for them....
	Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity By David Allen In today's world of exponentially increased communication and responsibility, yesterday's methods for staying on top just don't work...
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	How to Win Friends & Influence People By Dale Carnegie For over 60 years the rock-solid, time-tested advice in this audiobook has carried thousands of now-famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives....
	Made to Stick (Unabridged) By Chip Heath and Dan Heath Why do some ideas thrive while others die? And how do we improve the chances of worthy ideas....
	Rework (Unabridged) By Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson From the founders of the trailblazing software company 37signals, here is a different kind of business book one that explores a new reality. Today, anyone can be in business....
	The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich (Expanded and Updated) (Unabridged) By Timothy Ferriss This expanded edition includes dozens of practical tips and case studies....

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