Startup Principles

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't

Commonly referenced business book.

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The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Modern startup principles.

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High Output Management
High Output Management

Management principles from Intel's founder.

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Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers
Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers

Product development for technology.

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Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry
Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry

The founder of SaaS tells his story.

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The Design of Everyday Things
The Design of Everyday Things

Design is an overlooked and essential piece of business success. Norman was an early engineer at the greatest product design company, Apple.

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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Best book on startup principles.

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No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

Contrarian principles for building an enduring company.

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Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

One of the greatest venture capitalists tells how to functionally build an amazing company.

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Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies

An interesting book on how to grow quickly from the LinkedIn founder, member of the PayPal mafia, and friend of Jeffrey Epstein.

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Ask Your Developer: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century
Ask Your Developer: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century

The API-driven business by the founder of one of the most successful API companies.

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The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

Startup tales from the least cool investor ever.

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