600+ Best Startup Books

The largest curated collection of must-read startup books on internet. Startup books are categorized by genres, topics and authors so you can pick the best books for your reading list in minutes.

The Startup Playbook: Secrets of the Fastest-Growing Startups from Their Founding Entrepreneurs

The Startup Legal Guide: The Disaster-Free Startup and Fundraising Handbook for Founders and Investors

The Business of Venture Capital: Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies

Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don`t (Rockefeller Habits 2.0)

Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable

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The Startup Playbook: Secrets of the Fastest-Growing Startups from Their Founding Entrepreneurs

David S. Kidder – Published January 2nd 2013

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3.77 (545ratings)

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The Startup Legal Guide: The Disaster-Free Startup and Fundraising Handbook for Founders and Investors

Jerry Ku, Xu Han – Published May 14, 2020

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0.0 (0ratings)

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The Business of Venture Capital: Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies

Mahendra Ramsinghani – Published October 25th 2011

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4.32 (380ratings)

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Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don`t (Rockefeller Habits 2.0)

Verne Harnish – Published October 21st 2014

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4.14 (4629ratings)

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High Output Management

Andrew S. Grove – Published August 29th 1995

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4.31 (16227ratings)

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Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable

Seth Godin – Published May 12th 2003

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3.78 (49879ratings)

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Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine

Mike Michalowicz – Published February 21st 2017

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4.26 (8230ratings)

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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

Patrick Lencioni – Published April 11th 2002

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4.09 (100897ratings)

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

Aaron Ross, Marylou Tyler – Published July 8th 2011

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3.95 (4636ratings)

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Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality

Scott Belsky – Published April 15th 2010

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4.01 (22116ratings)

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Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos, Walter Isaacson – Published November 17th 2020

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3.88 (4019ratings)

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The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions . . . and Created Plenty of Controversy

Leigh Gallagher – Published February 14th 2017

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3.86 (2702ratings)

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The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building

Matt Mochary, Alex MacCaw, Misha Talavera – Published December 5th 2019

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4.38 (995ratings)

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

Camille Fournier – Published April 2nd 2017

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4.26 (7223ratings)

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

Patrick J. McGinnis – Published April 12th 2016

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3.71 (1021ratings)

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The Automatic Customer: Creating a Subscription Business in Any Industry

John Warrillow – Published February 5th 2015

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4.11 (1374ratings)

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MAKE: Bootstrapper`s Handbook

Pieter Levels – Published March 12th 2018

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4.11 (486ratings)

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HBR`s 10 Must Reads on Entrepreneurship and Startups (featuring Bonus Article “Why the Lean Startup Changes Everything” by Steve Blank)

Harvard Business Review – Published January 23rd 2018

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3.86 (157ratings)

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Don`t Just Roll the Dice - a usefully short guide to software pricing

Neil Davidson – Published October 1st 2009

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3.66 (265ratings)

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Sell More Faster: The Ultimate Sales Playbook for Startups (Techstars)

Amos Schwartzfarb – Published August 27th 2019

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4.23 (95ratings)

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Dear Founder: Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business

Maynard Webb, Carlye Adler – Published September 11th 2018

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3.77 (211ratings)

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Billion Dollar Brand Club: The Rebel Startups Disrupting Industry Empires

Lawrence Ingrassia – Published January 28th 2020

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4.12 (804ratings)

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Dare to Lead

Brené Brown – Published October 11th 2018

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4.18 (79780ratings)

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Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers Into Friends And Friends Into Customers

Seth Godin – Published May 6th 1999

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3.91 (14270ratings)

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Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World

Timothy Ferriss – Published November 21st 2017

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4.06 (14879ratings)

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The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures

Dan Roam – Published March 13th 2008

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3.95 (15048ratings)

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Before You Start Up: How to Prepare to Make Your Startup Dream a Reality

Pankaj Goyal – Published November 24th 2017

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4.22 (300ratings)

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Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself

Mike Michalowicz – Published August 21st 2018

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4.25 (1125ratings)

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Accelerated Startup: Everything You Need to Know to Make Your Startup Dreams Come True From Idea to Product to Company

Vitaly M. Golomb, Haje Jan Kamps – Published January 26th 2017

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4.27 (26ratings)

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Lean from the Trenches

Henrik Kniberg – Published December 21st 2011

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4.21 (962ratings)

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One Simple Idea for Startups and Entrepreneurs: Live Your Dreams and Create Your Own Profitable Company

Stephen Key – Published November 12th 2012

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3.80 (122ratings)

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Surviving a Startup: Practical Strategies for Starting a Business, Overcoming Obstacles, and Coming Out on Top

Steven S. Hoffman – Published April 20th 2021

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4.52 (66ratings)

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The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing: A Guide to Growing More Profitably

Thomas T. Nagle, John E. Hogan – Published December 14th 2005

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4.05 (470ratings)

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

Cheryl Rickman – Published May 7th 2012

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3.49 (39ratings)

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Extreme Productivity: Boost Your Results, Reduce Your Hours

Robert C. Pozen – Published October 2nd 2012

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3.58 (1441ratings)

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Starting a Business QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner’s Guide to Launching a Successful Small Business, Turning Your Vision into Reality, and Achieving Your Entrepreneurial Dream

Ken Colwell – Published February 24th 2019

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4.08 (173ratings)

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Naval Ravikant Twitter Wisdom: Founder of Angel List

Navak Ravikant – Published March 30th 2018

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4.53 (15ratings)

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Do Epic Shit

Ankur Warikoo – Published December 30th 2021

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3.93 (3096ratings)

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

Warren Berger, Bruce Mau – Published October 15th 2009

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4.12 (307ratings)

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The Path of Least Resistance for Managers

Robert Fritz, Peter M. Senge – Published April 1st 1999

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4.14 (295ratings)

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The Innovation Blind Spot: Why We Back the Wrong Ideas And What to Do about It

Ross Baird – Published September 12th 2017

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4.12 (261ratings)

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Venture Capitalists At Work: How VCs Identify And Build Billion Dollar Successes

Tarang Shah, Shital Shah – Published November 17th 2011

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3.92 (189ratings)

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Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation

Andrew Metrick – Published October 1st 2006

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4.10 (99ratings)

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How To Raise A Venture Capital Fund: The Essential Guide on Fundraising and Understanding Limited Partners

Winter Mead – Published January 1st 2021

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4.00 (36ratings)

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Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

Tony Fadell – Published May 3rd 2022

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4.39 (2025ratings)

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Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built

Duncan Clark – Published April 12th 2016

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3.86 (14969ratings)

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The Tech Entrepreneur`s Survival Guide: How to Bootstrap Your Startup, Lead Through Tough Times, and Cash in for Success: How to Bootstrap Your Startup, Lead Through Tough Times, and Cash in for Success

Bernd Schoner – Published May 28th 2014

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3.48 (29ratings)

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Venture Capital 143 Success Secrets - 143 Most Asked Questions on Venture Capital - What You Need to Know

Martha Wiley – Published March 25th 2014

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0.00 (0ratings)

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Guide to YC (Y Combinator)

Jason Shen – Published March 2012 by

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2.60 (5ratings)

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The Creator Revolution: How Today’s Creative Talents Are Shaping Our Tomorrow

Catherine Yeo – Published May 5th 2022

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4.75 (8ratings)

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