600+ must-read startup books for founders

Frederic Kerrest – Published April 19, 2022

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4.08 120 ratings

Visual Meetings: How Graphics, Sticky Notes & Idea Mapping Can Transform Group Productivity

David Sibbet – Published August 9, 2010

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3.87 1394 ratings

The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals

Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, Jim Huling – Published April 24, 2012

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4.08 7976 ratings

Start at the End: How to Build Products That Create Change

Matt Wallaert – Published June 11, 2019

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3.85 289 ratings

Leading Lean: Ensuring Success and Developing a Framework for Leadership

Jean Dahl – Published February 18, 2020

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3.92 24 ratings

Brad Stone – Published October 15, 2013

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4.14 68319 ratings

Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal

Oren Klaff – Published February 16, 2011

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4.06 9884 ratings

The Startup Checklist: 25 Steps to a Scalable, High-Growth Business

David S. Rose – Published April 25, 2016

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4.13 276 ratings

High-Performance Entrepreneur

Subroto Bagchi – Published October 30, 2006

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3.87 658 ratings

Early Exits: Exit Strategies for Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors (But Maybe Not Venture Capitalists)

Basil Peters –

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3.96 119 ratings

Make Your Mark: The Creative’s Guide to Building a Business With Impact

Jocelyn K. Glei – Published November 18, 2014

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3.96 1101 ratings

The Unicorn Project

Gene Kim – Published November 19, 2019

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4.11 6827 ratings

Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want

Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Patricia Papadakos, Gregory Bernarda, Alan Smith, Nguyễn Thụy Khánh Chương – Published January 28, 2015

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4.20 6170 ratings

Six Figure Crowdfunding

Derek Miller, Noelle Pugh – Published July 18, 2018

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4.47 53 ratings

Malcolm Gladwell –

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Build the Damn Thing: How to Start a Successful Business If You're Not a Rich White Guy

Kathryn Finney – Published June 7, 2022

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4.54 24 ratings

Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies

Tim Koller, Thomas E. Copeland, Marc Goedhart, David Wessels –

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4.25 1419 ratings

Tony Hsieh – Published June 7, 2010

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4.03 71035 ratings

Chris Guillebeau – Published May 8, 2012

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3.87 61196 ratings

Twitter Marketing: Proven Business Strategy with a Simple Social Media to Earn Passive Income. Step by Step Guide to Reach Thousands of Followers ( become an expert influencer, building your brand )

Christopher Gain – Published November 10, 2019

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3.50 8 ratings

The Digital Business Start-Up Workbook: The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide to Succeeding Online from Start-Up to Exit

Cheryl Rickman – Published May 7, 2012

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3.49 39 ratings

Startup from the Ground Up: Practical Insights for Transforming an Idea into a Business

Cynthia Kocialski – Published November 4, 2010

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4.17 12 ratings

Test-Driven Development: By Example

Kent Beck – Published November 8, 2002

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4.09 4048 ratings

Good in a Room: How to Sell Yourself (and Your Ideas) and Win Over Any Audience

Stephanie Palmer – Published March 11, 2008

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3.81 500 ratings

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Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in 27 Days

Chris Guillebeau – Published September 19, 2017

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3.70 4228 ratings

Flip the Script: Getting People to Think Your Idea Is Their Idea

Oren Klaff – Published August 13, 2019

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4.15 570 ratings

Lean Customer Development: Building Products Your Customers Will Buy

Cindy Alvarez – Published June 24, 2014

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4.20 1156 ratings

Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into a Sales Machine with the $100 Million Best Practices of Salesforce.com

Aaron Ross, Marylou Tyler – Published July 8, 2011

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3.95 4636 ratings

The Innovator's Method: Bringing the Lean Start-up into Your Organization

Nathan Furr, Jeffrey H. Dyer – Published September 9, 2014

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4.14 629 ratings

Text Me! Snap Me! Ask Me Anything!: How Entrepreneurs, Consultants And Artists Can Use The Power Of Intimate Attention To Build Their Brand, Grow Their Business And Change The World

Kevin E. Kruse – Published February 9, 2017

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4.51 47 ratings

Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price

Madhavan Ramanujam, Georg Tacke – Published May 2, 2016

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4.18 710 ratings

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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Nir Eyal – Published November 4, 2014

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4.10 37284 ratings

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The 4-Hour Workweek

Timothy Ferriss – Published April 24, 2007

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3.92 259543 ratings

Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure

Jerry Kaplan – Published October 1, 1996

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4.15 576 ratings

Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works

Ash Maurya – Published March 6, 2012

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4.06 18436 ratings

Glimmer: How Design Can Transform Your Life, and Maybe Even the World

Warren Berger, Bruce Mau – Published October 15, 2009

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4.12 307 ratings

Levers: The Framework for Building Repeatability into Your Business

Amos Schwartzfarb, Trevor Boehm –

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4.21 109 ratings

The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

Camille Fournier – Published April 2, 2017

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4.26 7223 ratings

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High Growth Handbook

Elad Gil – Published July 17, 2018

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4.02 2275 ratings

Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire

Brad Stone – Published May 11, 2021

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4.10 4708 ratings

Starting a Tech Business: A Practical Guide for Anyone Creating or Designing Applications or Software

Alex Cowan – Published April 10, 2012

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3.87 30 ratings

Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur

Pamela Slim, Guy Kawasaki – Published April 28, 2009

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3.83 5628 ratings

The Web Startup Success Guide

Bob Walsh – Published July 1, 2009

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3.45 49 ratings

Four Thousand Days: My Journey From Prison To Business Success

Duane Jackson – Published April 13, 2015

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4.25 113 ratings

What Would Google Do?

Jeff Jarvis – Published January 27, 2009

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3.87 10524 ratings

Jason Calacanis – Published July 18, 2017

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4.30 2205 ratings

The Brand Gap

Marty Neumeier, อิทธิ ว่องวงศ์ศรี – Published August 1, 2005

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3.98 4683 ratings

Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup

Bill Aulet – Published July 31, 2013

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4.29 1513 ratings

The 10% Entrepreneur: Live Your Startup Dream Without Quitting Your Day Job

Patrick J. McGinnis – Published April 12, 2016

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3.71 1021 ratings

Competing Against Time

George Stalk Jr. – Published January 1, 1990

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3.82 199 ratings

You Should Test That: Conversion Optimization for More Leads, Sales and Profit or the Art and Science of Optimized Marketing

Chris Goward – Published January 14, 2013

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3.92 226 ratings

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