Books Recommended by Meenakshi Sharma

As a first-time entrepreneur, the book that really helped was 'The Lean StartUp'. It's a roadmap for anyone starting off as a one-person company with limited resources. I would highly recommend this if your approach has been to fix every small detail before launching your business. It's important to start with a Minimum Viable Product that performs the basic functions, and after proof of concept, can be built into the full-scale product.

I enjoyed reading 'Lean-In' by Sheryl Sandberg, as I could totally relate to it, at the phase I was in, a few years ago, with 2 very young children. I have passed on that book to so many women who struggle to find the balance. It's a well-written book, narrating the author's own experience balancing marriage, kids and a demanding job.

Reading 'Freakonomics' by Steven Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner, changed my perspective of the whole world. Such a well-researched piece of writing. Complete eye-opener how lots of successful people made it because they were at the right place at the right time, and not just an unidentifiable X factor. If you are looking for conversation starters ever, lots of them in this book.