The best books that startup founders read in 2022 • TechCrunch
Each person will be gifted You should read a lot of books every year. It’s a good practice, as having more books makes you a more handsome individual, and buying books helps support the arts. Or at least, it’s a quasi-vanity business: book publishers.
Regardless, we’re wrapping up the TechCrunch Book-A-Thon today with a series of recommendations from founders. Recounting the best books that entrepreneurs read in 2022 follows our list of recommendations from venture capitalists and the TechCrunch staff.
Naturally, you’ll find a good number of business books below. There are also suggestions from founders who veer off into fiction and autobiographical territory. If you need even more book ideas, you can check out both parts of our 2021 list here and here.
These links will take you to the affiliate partners that are available. TechCrunch could earn an affiliate commission if you purchase through these links.
2022 Edition: Founder Book Favorites
Process Mining: Data Science in Action by Wil van der Aalst
- Alex Rinke (co-founder and coCEO at Celonis) recommended it.
His research transformed my life and changed the direction of my career. Reading that book opened my eyes to a new way of running processes to companies everywhere — an adventure that involved my co-founders and me hand-writing over a thousand letters to top executives, driving all over Germany in a beat-up Opel Astra and so much more.