Best Startup Books

A contrarian manifesto on building startups that create new categories rather than competing in existing ones. Thiel draws from PayPal and his investments in Facebook to argue that the best businesses are monopolies that avoid competition entirely. The book revolves around one question—What important truth do you believe that very few people agree with?—and uses it to interrogate everything from sales culture to the energy crisis. It reads like a sharp dinner argument with someone often right in a way that is uncomfortable to admit.

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A practical system for behavior change built on the idea that tiny, incremental improvements compound into remarkable results. Clear avoids motivation-based advice and instead focuses on environment design, habit stacking, and identity-based change—making good habits frictionless while making bad ones inconvenient. The book is structured in short, actionable chapters, each ending with a cheat sheet, so you can skip around based on what you are trying to fix. It cares less about the psychology of why you procrastinate and more about the engineering of making procrastination harder.

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A leading management consultant outlines seven organizational rules for improving effectiveness and increasing productivity at work and at home.

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'For anyone interested in becoming a better manager' - Bill Gates -------- Discover the revolutionary movement behind the explosive growth of Intel, Google, Amazon and Uber. In 1999, legendary venture capitalist John Doerr invested nearly $12 million in a small 40-person startup that had amazing technology, entrepreneurial energy and sky-high ambitions, but no real business plan. Doerr introduced the founders to his system of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and, with those principles at the foundation of their management, the startup grew at an exponential rate. Today, that same startup - Google - has more than 70,000 employees with a market cap exceeding $600 billion. Doerr has introduced OKRs to more than fifty companies, helping tech giants and charities exceed all expectations. In the OKR model, objectives define what we seek to achieve and key results are how those top priority goals will be attained. They focus effort, foster coordination and enhance workplace satisfaction. For the first time in Measure What Matters, Doerr shares a broad range of first-person, behind-the-scenes case studies, with narrators including Bono and Bill Gates, to demonstrate the agility and explosive growth that OKRs have spurred at so many great organizations. With a foreword by Larry Page, and contributions from Bono and Bill Gates, this book will show you how to collect timely, relevant data to track progress - to measure what matters. It will help any organization or team aim high, move fast, and excel. -------- 'Management magic....Measure What Matters is a must read for anyone motivated to improve their organization' - Former Vice President Al Gore, chairman of the Climate Reality Project 'Measure What Matters shows how any organization or team can aim high, move fast, and excel' - Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO 'Measure What Matters deserves to be fully embraced by every person responsible for performance in any walk of life' - Jim Collins, author of Good to Great -------- ***SPEED & SCALE - THE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDE TO SAVE THE PLANET FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND VENTURE CAPITALIST JOHN DOERR - NOW AVAILABLE***

EMyth \ 'e,'mith\ n 1: the entrepreneurial myth: the myth that most people who start small businesses are entrepreneurs 2: the fatal assumption that an individual who understands the technical work of a business can successfully run a business that does that technical workVoted #1 business book by Inc. 500 CEOs.An instant classic, this revised an...

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A Wall Street Journal Bestseller! What are venture capitalists saying about your startup behind closed doors And what can you do to influence that conversationIf Silicon Valley is the greatest wealthgenerating machine in the world, Sand Hill Road is its humming engine. That's where you'll find the biggest names in venture capital, including fame...

The definitive story of Amazon.com, one of the most successful companies in the world, and of its driven, brilliant founder, Jeff Bezos. Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless selectio...

Now available in paperbackwith a new preface and interview with Jessica Livingston about Y Combinator!Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days is a collection of interviews with founders of famous Technology, companies about what happened in the very earliest days. These people are celebrities now. What was it like when they were just a c...

From the time we learn to speak, we?re told that if you don?t have anything nice to say, don?t say anything at all. While this advice may work for everyday life, it is, as Kim Scott has seen, a disaster when adopted by managers.Scott earned her stripes as a highly successful manager at Google and then decamped to Apple, where she developed a class ...

A global phenomenon now published in a record 43 languages. Over 3.5 million copies sold. A bestseller across five continents.Since the dawn of the industrial age, companies have engaged in headtohead competition in search of sustained, profitable growth. They have fought for competitive advantage, battled over market share, and struggled for dif...

Drawing upon a sixyear research project at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and longlasting companies and studied each in direct comparison to one of its top competitors. They examined the companies from their very beginnings to the present day as startup...

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There are laws of nature, so why shouldn't there be laws of marketingAs Al Ries and Jack Trout?the worldrenowned marketing consultants and bestselling authors of Positioning?note, you can build an impressive airplane, but it will never leave the ground if you ignore the laws of physics, especially gravity. Why then, they ask, shouldn't there also...

From the founders of the trailblazing software company 37signals, here is a different kind of business book one that explores a new reality. Today, anyone can be in business. Tools that used to be out of reach are now easily accessible. Technology, that cost thousands is now just a few pounds or even free. Stuff that was impossible just a few year...

The One Thing explains the success habit to overcome the six lies that block our success, beat the seven thieves that steal time, and leverage the laws of purpose, priority, and productivity....

Help take your startup to the next step with the new and revised edition of the popular book on the VC deal processfrom the cofounders of the Foundry GroupHow do venture capital deals come together This is one of the most frequent questions asked by each generation of new entrepreneurs. Surprisingly, there is little reliable information on the ...

Fourtime New York Times bestselling author Gary Vaynerchuk offers new lessons and inspiration drawn from the experiences of dozens of influencers and entrepreneurs who rejected the predictable corporate path in favor of pursuing their dreams by building thriving businesses and extraordinary personal brands.In his 2009 international bestseller Crus...

What if the real key to a richer and more fulfilling career was not to create and scale a new startup, but rather, to be able to work for yourself, determine your own hours, and become a (highly profitable) and sustainable company of one Suppose the better?and smarter?solution is simply to remain small This book explains how to do just that.Comp...

A New York Times BestsellerIn latest bestseller, Atul Gawande shows what the simple idea of the checklist reveals about the complexity of our lives and how we can deal with it.The modern world has given us stupendous knowhow. Yet avoidable failures continue to plague us in health care, government, the law, the financial industryin almost every rea...

In this instant New York Times Bestseller, Geoff Smart and Randy Street provide a simple, practical, and effective solution to what The Economist calls "the single biggest problem in business today" unsuccessful hiring. The average hiring mistake costs a company $1.5 million or more a year and countless wasted hours. This statistic becomes even mor...

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Rand Fishkin, the founder and former CEO of Moz, reveals how traditional Silicon Valley "wisdom" leads far too many startups astray, with the transparency and humor that his hundreds of thousands of blog readers have come to love. Everyone knows how a startup story is supposed to go: A young, brilliant entrepreneur has an cool idea, drops out of co...

Most startups end in failure.Almost every failed startup has a product. What failed startups don't have are enough customers.Founders and employees fail to spend time thinking about (and working on) traction in the same way they work on building a product. This shortsighted approach has startups trying random tactics some ads, a blog post or two ...

The New York Times bestseller that explains why certain products and ideas become popular. ?Jonah Berger knows more about what makes information ?go viral? than anyone in the world? (Daniel Gilbert, author of the bestseller Stumbling on Happiness).What makes things popular If you said advertising, think again. People don?t listen to advertisements...

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In The $100 Startup, Chris Guillebeau shows you how to lead of life of adventure, meaning and purpose ? and earn a good living. Still in his early thirties, Chris is on the verge of completing a tour of every country on earth ? he?s already visited more than 175 nations ? and yet he?s never held a ?real job? or earned a regular paycheck. Rather,...

In Thrive, Arianna Huffington makes an impassioned and compelling case for the need to redefine what it means to be successful in today's world. Arianna Huffington's personal wakeup call came in the form of a broken cheekbone and a nasty gash over her eye the result of a fall brought on by exhaustion and lack of sleep. As the cofounder and edit...

Do you have a grip on your business, or does your business have a grip on youAll entrepreneurs and business leaders face similar frustrations?personnel conflict, profit woes, and inadequate growth. Decisions never seem to get made, or, once made, fail to be properly implemented. But there is a solution. It?s not complicated or theoretical.The Entr...

How do successful companies create products people cant put downWhy do some products capture widespread attention while others flop What makes us engage with certain products out of sheer habit Is there a pattern underlying how technologies hook usNir Eyal answers these questions (and many more) by explaining the Hook Modela fourstep process e...

More than 100,000 entrepreneurs rely on this book for detailed, stepbystep instructions on building successful, scalable, profitable startups. The National Science Foundation pays hundreds of startup teams each year to follow the process outlined in the book, and it's taught at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and more than 100 other leading universi...

The New York Times bestselling author and social media expert returns with hardwon advice on how to connect with customers and beat the competition by mastering social media marketingWhen managers and marketers outline their social media strategies, they often plan for the "right hook"their next highly anticipated sale or campaign that's going to...

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The man Business Week calls "the ultimate entrepreneur for the Information Age" explains "Permission Marketing"?the groundbreaking concept that enables marketers to shape their message so that consumers will willingly accept it.Whether it is the TV commercial that breaks into our favorite program, or the telemarketing phone call that disrupts a fam...

A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing and AdvertisingA new generation of megabrands like Facebook, Dropbox, Airbnb, and Twitter haven?t spent a dime on traditional marketing. No press releases, no TV commercials, no billboards. Instead, they rely on a new strategy?growth hacking?to reach many more people despite modest marketing budgets. Growth h...

Master the fundamentals, hone your business instincts, and save a fortune in tuition. The consensus is clear: MBA programs are a waste of time and money. Even the elite schools offer outdated assemblyline educations about profitandloss statements and PowerPoint presentations. After two years poring over sanitized case studies, students are shuff...

Called "The Sales Bible of Silicon Valley"...discover the sales specialization system and outbound sales process that, in just a few years, helped add $100 million in recurring revenue to Salesforce.com, almost doubling their enterprise growth...with zero cold calls. This is NOT just another book about how to cold call or close deals. This is an en...

From Inc.com's most popular columnist, a counterintuitivebut highly practicalguide to finding and maintaining the motivation to achieve great things.It's comforting to imagine that superstars in their fields were just born better equipped than the rest of us. When a coworker loses 20 pounds, or a friend runs a marathon while completing a huge ...

In The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster you will learn the best strategies Darren has ever collected from the most successful people on the planet, covering the four essential skills necessary for entrepreneurial success: sales, recruiting, leadership, and productivity. This essential guidebook will prepare you for the wild ride of entrepreneurship. It ...

The Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak. They say you shouldn't ask your mom whether your business is a good idea, because she loves you and will lie to you. This is technically true, but it misses the point. You shouldn't ask anyone if your business is a good idea. It's a bad question and everyone wi...

Often downplayed in the excitement of starting up a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: should they go it alone, or bring in cofounders, hires, and investors to help build the business More than just financial rewards are at stake. Friendships and relationships can suffer. Bad decisions at the incep...

At twentyseven, Bo Peabody was an Internet multimillionaire. He has cofounded five different companies, in varied industries, and made them thrive during the best and worst of economic times. Through it all, the one question everyone asks is: Was it his smarts that made him an entrepreneurial leader, or was it just plain luck The truth is, Bo w...

"Read this book right now so you can look your potential VC in the eye with confidence." David Meerman Scott, author of The New Rules of Marketing & PR Finding the right venture capitalist to back your startup is a challenge. Even if you manage to get backing, you want your VC to be a partner, not some dictator who will undermine your vision and ...

Richard Branson is an iconic businessman. In Screw It, Let's Do It, he shares the secrets of his success and the invaluable lessons he has learned over the course of his remarkable career. As the world struggles with the twin problems of global recession and climate change, Richard explains why it is up to big companies like Virgin to lead the way ...

?A cheerful manifesto on removing obstacles between yourself and the income of your dreams.? ?New York MagazineFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of You Are a Badass, a lifechanging guide to making the kind of money you?ve only ever dreamed ofYou Are a Badass at Making Money will launch you past the fears and stumbling blocks that have ...

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Learn how to take your company to the next level of growth through the stories of over 500 successful entrepreneurs. Developed by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, this flagship book introduces a new series on managing growth. The authors expertly guide you through the three stages of entrepreneurial growth: initial growth, rapid ...

Business Model Generation is a practical, inspiring handbook for anyone striving to improve a business model or craft a new one.1) Change the way you think about business modelsBusiness Model Generation will teach you powerful and practical innovation techniques used today by leading companies worldwide. You will learn how to systematically underst...

Refreshed, updated, and expanded. Do More Faster provides timetested advice, tips, and experiences by founders and mentors of Techstars to help entrepreneurs succeed!David Cohen and Brad Feld, leading advocates for entrepreneurs and startups, team up to provide firsttime entrepreneurs with the tools, insights, and experiences to help them do more...

Ranked 'BEST STARTUP BOOKS OF ALL TIME'' by BenzingaRanked' BEST GROWTHHACKING BUSINESS BOOKS' by Entrepreneur.com#1 BESTSELLER in 5 Startup & Entrepreneurship CategoriesThis compelling and inspiring narrative gives entrepreneurs a rare behindthescenes look inside a fastgrowing startup that created the first online dating app and grew to 100...

The definitive playbook by the pioneers of Growth Hacking, one of the hottest business methodologies in Silicon Valley and beyond. It seems hard to believe today, but there was a time when Airbnb was the bestkept secret of travel hackers and couch surfers, Pinterest was a niche web site frequented only by bakers and crafters, LinkedIn was an exclu...

Winner of the 2015 International Book Awards for General BusinessWinner of the 2015 National Indie Excellence Award for General Business Winner of the 2015 Readers' Favorite International Book Award Gold Medal for NonFiction BusinessWinner of the 2015 Paris Book Festival Award for BusinessWinner of the 2015 Amsterdam Book Festival Award for Busine...

Based on the premise that accountants often make finance unnecessarily confusing, this guide helps small business owners see beyond the numbers. It shows the reader how to use key financial indicators as a basis for smart business decisions, with a focus on companies in the range between startup and $5 million in revenue....

25 Steps to Found and Scale a HighGrowth Business The Startup Checklist is the entrepreneur's essential companion. While most entrepreneurship books focus on strategy, this invaluable guide provides the concrete steps that will get your new business off to a strong start. You'll learn the ins and outs of startup execution, management, legal issues...

Love your work, work for what you love, and change the world?all at the same time. What matters most to you Should you focus on earning a living, pursuing your passions, or devoting yourself to the causes that inspire you The surprising truth is that you don?t have to choose?and that you?ll find more success if you don?t. That?s the breakthrough ...

From generating ideas to gaining your first paying customers, The 7 Day Startup is the bootstrapper?s bible for launching your next product. In The 7 Day Startup, Dan Norris, author and founder of wpcurve.com, shows us exactly how he built a cashflowing small business startup from scratch in 7 days (and has since grown it to over $400,000 in annual...

To achieve unimaginable business success and financial wealthto reach the upper echelons of entrepreneurs, where you'll find Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Sara Blakely of Spanx, Mark Pincus of Zynga, Kevin Plank of Under Armour, and many othersyou have to change the way you think. In other words, you must develop the Entrepreneur Mind, a way of th...

Stop rushing into businesses born from halfbaked ideas, misguided theories, and other forms of selfdelusion. A lack of proper validation kills more businesses than anything else. As Joel Barker says, ?Speed is only useful if you?re running in the right direction.? Will It Fly will help you make sure you are clear for takeoff. It answers question...