600+ must-read startup books for founders

Kai-Fu Lee – Published September 25, 2018

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4.11 12990 ratings

Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs

Larry Keeley, Helen Walters – Published July 15, 2013

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4.14 731 ratings

Steve Blank, Bob Dorf –

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4.09 12082 ratings

The Automatic Customer: Creating a Subscription Business in Any Industry

John Warrillow – Published February 5, 2015

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4.11 1374 ratings

Get Them Gators! A Primer on the Power of Dynamic Equity Splits for Potential Investors, Partners and Employees

Mike Moyer – Published November 15, 2013

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4.21 29 ratings

Launch!: The Critical 90 Days from Idea to Market

Scott Duffy – Published March 20, 2014

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3.63 83 ratings

The Ultralight Startup: Launching a Business Without Clout or Capital

Jason L. Baptiste – Published April 12, 2012

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3.53 144 ratings

High Output Management

Andrew S. Grove – Published August 29, 1995

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4.31 16227 ratings

Startup Opportunities: Know When to Quit Your Day Job

Sean Wise, Brad Feld – Published March 5, 2015

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3.97 107 ratings

Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Practice and Principles

Peter F. Drucker – Published January 1, 1993

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4.05 10026 ratings

Start Your Business Week By Week: How To Plan And Launch Your Successful Business - One Step At A Time

Steve Parks – Published March 31, 2004

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3.60 45 ratings

Antonio García Martínez – Published June 28, 2016

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3.70 12426 ratings

Shortcut Your Startup: Speed Up Success with Unconventional Advice from the Trenches

Courtney Reum, Carter Reum – Published January 16, 2018

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3.84 97 ratings

Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers

Gabriel Weinberg, Justin Mares – Published August 26, 2014

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4.12 8690 ratings

Dream with Your Eyes Open: An Entrepreneurial Journey

Ronnie Screwvala –

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3.88 1610 ratings

Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility

Patty McCord – Published March 9, 2018

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4.08 6124 ratings

Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

Michael Lopp – Published June 1, 2007

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3.95 3640 ratings

Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors

Brad Feld, Mahendra Ramsinghani – Published December 9, 2013

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4.05 440 ratings

The Little Book of Venture Capital Investing: Empowering Economic Growth and Investment Portfolios

Louis C. Gerken – Published January 13, 2014

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3.32 44 ratings

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

David S. Kidder – Published January 2, 2013

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3.77 545 ratings

Startup Evolution Curve From Idea to Profitable and Scalable Business: Startup Marketing Manual

Donatas Jonikas – Published April 5, 2017

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4.29 76 ratings

European Founders at Work

Pedro Gairifo Santos – Published February 2, 2012

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3.83 82 ratings

Your Move: The Underdog's Guide to Building Your Business

Ramit Sethi – Published June 19, 2017

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3.99 844 ratings

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 25, 2011

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4.32 380 ratings

Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success

Shane Snow – Published September 9, 2014

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3.88 6244 ratings

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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Founder’s Pocket Guide: Cap Tables

Stephen R. Poland – Published April 12, 2015

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4.07 103 ratings

Talking to Humans

Giff Constable – Published September 21, 2014

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4.08 1474 ratings

The Founder’s Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth

Chris Zook, James Allen – Published June 7, 2016

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3.84 1129 ratings

Secrets of a Serial Entrepreneur: A Business Dragon's Guide to Success

Shaf Rasul – Published May 6, 2010

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3.33 3 ratings

Al Ries, Jack Trout – Published January 3, 2001

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4.02 16596 ratings

Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience

Jeff Gothelf, Josh Seiden – Published March 8, 2013

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3.99 5954 ratings

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk

Al Ries, Jack Trout – Published April 27, 1994

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4.05 19553 ratings

Start-Up Sutra

Rohit Prasad –

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3.43 256 ratings

Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale

Jez Humble, Joanne Molesky, Barry O'Reilly – Published December 4, 2014

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4.25 1411 ratings

Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship

Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, Felda Hardymon – Published January 11, 2012

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4.06 35 ratings

Take Me Home: The Inspiring Stories of 20 Entrepreneurs from Small Town India with Big-Time Dreams

Rashmi Bansal – Published January 27, 2014

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3.88 992 ratings

Scaling Lean: Mastering the Key Metrics for Startup Growth

Ash Maurya – Published June 14, 2016

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4.32 479 ratings

Brant Cooper, Patrick Vlaskovits – Published February 26, 2013

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4.10 1887 ratings

High Growth Handbook

Elad Gil – Published July 17, 2018

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4.02 2275 ratings

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 24, 2019

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4.08 173 ratings

Startup Success: Funding the Early Stages of Your Venture

Gordon Daugherty – Published September 23, 2019

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4.18 69 ratings

Brad Stone – Published February 2, 2017

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4.04 6637 ratings

On Startups: Advice and Insights for Entrepreneurs

Dharmesh Shah –

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4.00 17 ratings

Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems

Steve Krug – Published December 1, 2009

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4.13 4160 ratings

The Embedded Entrepreneur: How to Build an Audience-Driven Business

Arvid Kahl – Published May 13, 2021

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4.30 73 ratings

The Creator's Code The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs

Amy Wilkinson – Published February 17, 2015

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3.79 752 ratings

The Big Enough Company: Creating a Business That Works for You

Adelaide Lancaster, Amy Abrams – Published September 15, 2011

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3.66 32 ratings

Discovery-Driven Growth: A Breakthrough Process to Reduce Risk and Seize Opportunity

Rita McGrath – Published August 20, 2014

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3.87 47 ratings

Straight Talk for Startups: 100 Insider Rules for Beating the Odds--From Mastering the Fundamentals to Selecting Investors, Fundraising, Managing Boards, and Achieving Liquidity

Randy Komisar, Jantoon Reigersman – Published June 5, 2018

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4.08 169 ratings

24-Hour Business Plan Template: How to Validate Your Startup Ideas and Plan Your Business Venture

Steven Fies – Published September 3, 2015

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3.78 99 ratings

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