Top 10 Books for Women Business Owners

Being able to manage their home and business is proof that women business owners continue to break the glass ceiling, especially in industries ruled by men.

Pushing boundaries is challenging and can be solitary. Thus, as a female entrepreneur, it is essential that you invest in yourself. Attend networking events, further your education, and keep on reading.
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That said, here’s a round up of ten books that every fempreneur should read.

​The Multi-hyphen Life by Emma Gannon
When Emma Gannon first penned The Multi-Hyphen Life (formerly published as The Multi-Hyphen Method in the U.K.), she never could have foretold how fitting it would be in today’s prevailing “work from home” situation.
Turns out, the book depicts Gannon’s pattern to creating a manageable career that simply works for you. After all, she expertly steered her way from a full-time position as social media editor at British Glamour to a self-employed boss.

The Gift of Struggle by Bobby Herrera
Every leader has a story about the challenges they encountered and struggles they had to overcome. Those circumstances demand strength, patience, perseverance, and courage.

In The Gift of Struggle, Bobby shares twelve of those accounts from his own leadership struggle. Each chapter bestows the parts of the story, the deeper lesson any leader can practice, a set of questions to ponder on, and an afterword for how the story is later displayed in Bobby's life.
Raising on Bobby's efforts, this book urges readers to explore their own stories, bestow their gifts of struggle to others, and become the leader they always believe they can be.

Girl Code by Cara Alwill Leyba
Girl Code is a fantastic roadmap for female entrepreneurs, professionals, aspiring women business owners, and side hustlers. Combining personal stories and mantras with effective workbook sections, this book will guide you on how to boost your confidence, reconnect with your "why," let go of jealousy, and employ the power of connection.

Beyond the Boy's Club by Suzanne Doyle-Morris
The book that was written by Suzanne Doyle-Morris, "Beyond the Boys' Club: Achieving Career Success as a Woman Working in a Male-Dominated Field" will teach you how to improve your career plan. This includes breaking through the glass ceiling and effectively promoting your game.

Packed with indispensable insights and inspirational thoughts from senior women in various organizations, the book is addressed particularly for professional women to facilitate strategic improvement.

Company of One by Paul Jarvis
Paul Jarvis left the corporate world when he realized that managing a high-pressure, high-profile world was certainly not his version of success. Instead, he now operates for himself within the comforts of this home and lives a much more fulfilling and fruitful life.
In Company of One, Jarvis demonstrates how you can accomplish the same, including:

• Planning to set up
• Arranging desired revenues
• Keeping clients satisfied

Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office by Lois P. Frankel, PhD
If you work nonstop, back down easily, trying to explain yourself too much, or "poll" your friends and co-workers before making a decision, odds are you have been neglected for promotions and overlooked when you declared your ideas.
Although you may not be aware of it, girlish actions such as these are destroying your career!

Dr. Lois Frankel explains why some women cry ahead in their careers while others deteriorate. In this groundbreaking guide, she encourages you to reject these unconscious errors that could be setting you back. It also includes invaluable coaching pointers you can easily implement in your social and business professions.

Do It Like a Woman by Caroline Criado-Perez
Every day, women all over the world gain positive distinction for their contributions to the community. Regardless, these women show that change starts from a bold move.

In Do It Like A Woman, Caroline Criado-Perez, an outspoken activist and campaigner, reveals these accounts and examines what they intend for the feminist campaign as a whole. She rallies together accounts from beatboxers in Malta and prostitutes in Merseyside to fighter pilots in Afghanistan. The book also showcases how women are exercising positive, reasonable steps to confront injustice or inequality, and transform the world.

The Right It by Alberto Savoia
In his book, The Right It, Alberto Savoia offers a strategic plan to help you overcome market failure. This plan is based on case studies, insights from his time at Google, as well as his experience as an entrepreneur and consultant. Some of the relevant lessons in his book include strategies for managing your own market research, how to express a market action hypothesis, and why “prototyping” tools are essential to calculating if there is a viable market for your merchandise or idea.

Option B by Sheryl Sandberg
Women who have encountered setbacks in their personal or professional worlds may discover comfort in Sheryl Sandberg’s newest book.

You may have heard of her first book “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead,” which aroused controversy with its progressive beliefs on balancing professions and motherhood. Now the Facebook COO is loosening up about the unexpected death of her husband in 2015.

Like her first book, Sandberg is utilizing her personal travails as a stage to inspire others. As Sandberg remarks, “Life is never perfect. We all live some form of Option B.”

The Confidence Code by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman
Working women today are better educated and better equipped than ever before. Yet, men still rule in the corporate world. In The Confidence Code, Claire Shipman and Katty Kay claim that confidence plays an integral role.

Merging cutting-edge investigation in genetics, gender, behavior, and cognition, Kay and Shipman go past counseling women to "lean in." Instead, they extend the inspiration and useful advice women require to fill the gap and attain the careers they want and truly deserve.

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