Entrepreneurship

HATCH companies and students interested in launching a start up can find these resources and more at the ICICS/CS Reading Room.

To find more resources, search our catalogue.

BOOKS

Entrepreneurship, Startups

• Built to last : successful habits of visionary companies. 10th ed. / James C. Collins, Jerry I. Porras
  HF 5386 C735 2004
• Get a grip : how to get everything you want from your entrepreneurial business / Gino Wickman, Mike Paton
  HB 615 W537 2012
• The four steps to the epiphany : successful strategies for products that win. 5th ed. / Steven Blank
  HB 615 B6225 2020
• The lean startup : how today's entrepreneurs use continuous innovation to create radically successful businesses / Eric Ries
  HD 62.5 R545 2011
• The startup owner's manual : the step-by-step guide for building a great company / Steve Blank and Bob Dorf
  HD 62.5 B53 2012

Leadership, Teams, Recruiting

• Radical candor : be a kick-ass boss without losing your humanity / Kim Scott
  HD 38.2 S41 2017
• The five dysfunctions of a team : a leadership fable / Patrick Lencioni
  HD 66 L456 2002
• Who : the A method for hiring / Geoff Smart and Randy Street
  HF 5549.5 S38 S593 2008

Management

• The E-myth revisited : why most small businesses don't work and what to do about it / Michael E. Gerber
  HD 62.7 G458 1995
• The founder's dilemmas : anticipating and avoiding the pitfalls that can sink a startup / Noam Wasserman
  HD 62.5 W375 2012

Marketing, Selling

• Crossing the chasm : marketing and selling disruptive products to mainstream customers / Geoffrey A. Moore
  HF 5439 H54 M66 2014
• SPIN selling / Neil Rackham
  HF 5438.25 R34 1988

Strategic planning

• Good to great : why some companies make the leap-- and others don't / Jim Collins
  HD 57.7 C645 2001
• The strategy paradox : why committing to success leads corporations to failure, (and what to do about it) / Michael E. Raynor
  HD 30.28 R384 2007

DATABASE

• Mordor: 2700 reports are available from partnered enterprises across 20 industries
  Please contact rdngroom@cs.ubc.ca to access database.
• PitchBook: Venture Capital, Private Equity and M&A Database. Available through UBC Library. Access open only to UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)

NEWS/MAGAZINE

• Business in Vancouver: Weekly business newspaper (JOURNAL section)
• The Economist: Weekly news magazine (JOURNAL section)
• Harvard Business Review: Monthly business magazine (JOURNAL section)
• MIT Technology Review: Bi-Monthly technology magazine (JOURNAL section)
• Wired: Monthly technology magazine (JOURNAL section)