Entrepreneurship books
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New to the genre? These 5 are the books to read first.
The Lean Startup
Eric RiesSets out the build-measure-learn cycle and the idea of a minimum viable product, and became the reference method for testing new products quickly and cheaply.
The Mom Test
Rob FitzpatrickA short practical guide to asking customers about their problems without getting misleading praise, which is a common early mistake for founders.
Founders at Work
Jessica LivingstonInterviews with founders of well-known early software companies about how their startups began, which shows the range of paths startups take.
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben HorowitzA candid account of running a company through crises such as layoffs, near-failure, and leadership changes, and a rare book on the difficult, unglamorous side of running a startup.
Zero to One
Blake MastersArgues that the most valuable startups create new things rather than copy existing ones, and it is a major statement of the 'create a monopoly in a new market' view.
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Reading lists
More entrepreneurship books
- The Four Steps to the Epiphany
The Four Steps to the EpiphanySteven Gary Blank - Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Innovation and EntrepreneurshipPeter F. Drucker - Rework
ReworkDavid Heinemeier Hansson - Business Model Generation
Business Model GenerationYves Pigneur - Crossing the Chasm
Crossing the ChasmGeoffrey A. Moore - The Innovator's Dilemma
The Innovator's DilemmaClayton M. Christensen - The E-myth Revisited
The E-myth RevisitedMichael E. Gerber - The Startup Owners Manual
The Startup Owners ManualSteve Blank and Bob Dorf - Good to Great
Good to GreatJim Collins - Elon Musk
Elon MuskAshlee Vance2013 - Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take A
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take ActionSimon Sinek2009 - I Will Teach You to Be Rich
I Will Teach You to Be RichRamit Sethi2009