They should find some better-read founders. There's a lot of pablum in this list, books that can be distilled to one or two sentences.
For example, the E-Myth: "Think of your business as a franchise prototype: work on it, not in it." I just saved you ten dollars and five hours not to mention a painful-to-read chapter about the author's mess of a life pre-profound insight.
Forget all the business and self-help books and just go read Michael Lewis's Liar's Poker and Founders at Work. (Read Getting Real though, because that book will knock some product design sense into you.)
For example, the E-Myth: "Think of your business as a franchise prototype: work on it, not in it." I just saved you ten dollars and five hours not to mention a painful-to-read chapter about the author's mess of a life pre-profound insight.
Forget all the business and self-help books and just go read Michael Lewis's Liar's Poker and Founders at Work. (Read Getting Real though, because that book will knock some product design sense into you.)