Do you have a great business idea that you think could change the world? Well, check out our newest book display on startup culture and social entrepreneurship to learn more about turning your business idea into reality!

Our newest display highlights a variety of books that focus on topics such as running your startup, creating a lean startup, social entrepreneurship and much more. Here are some more details for just a few of the great reads included in this display. The full list of books can be accessed here.

• The Innovator's Method: Bringing the Lean Startup into your Organization by Nathan Furr and Jeff Dyer
  • Furr and Dyer outline how to make innovative ideas become successful startups and businesses in real-life. This book walks you through the process of refining ideas and turning them into marketable solutions or products.
• Startup Mixology: Tech Cocktail's Guide to Building, Growing, and Celebrating Startup Success by Frank Gruber
  • The founder of Tech.Co provides you with a framework for creating a tech startup, while also giving readers real-world examples of failures and successes from well-known startups like WordPress and Basecamp.
• The Real Problem Solvers: Social Entrepreneurs in America edited by Ruth A. Shaprio
  • Learn about various aspects of social entrepreneurism from this edited book, such as different types of social entrepreneur ventures, how these ventures are funded, and how social entrepreneurism straddles both the non-profit and for-profit worlds.
• The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-tested, Battle-hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything by Guy Kawasaki
  • Arianna Huffington classified this book as the "ultimate entrepreneurship handbook", as it provides clear, actionable advice for a variety of topics, such as idea generation, financing, and getting the word out about your new product or service.

After perusing our display, you can flex your new startup and social entrepreneurism skills by signing-up for the third annual Steacie Library Hackfest! The Hackfest will be held on February 17 and 18 at the Steacie Library. York students from all disciplines are welcome to participate. Students will pitch their startup or social entrepreneurism ideas on the morning of the 17th, then they will form teams, and create a minimum viable product to showoff during the the final presentations on the afternoon of February 18. The Hackfest's theme this year is Making a Difference with Data, so if you have any great ideas for this topic, please make sure to sign-up for the Hackfest as soon as possible.

Enjoy our new book display and we hope to see you at the Hackfest this year!