The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future
Chris Guillebeau · ★★★★☆ · 268 pages · 2012
If there is a book to pump you up about going on your own this would be it with all the positive examples that are laced in the book. But that is the double edge sword of reading it, you get the motivation to start but you don't really hear about the failures.
However, the point Guillebeau makes is that doing an idea should be as simple as figuring out something that you can offer people which gives value. Since startup costs are so low now it shouldn't be a big deal if you fail since you will have spend so little money on it.