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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 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.14 — 423,642 ratings — published 2014
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The Lean Startup The Lean Startup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.11 — 376,767 ratings — published 2011
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.19 — 116,581 ratings — published 2014
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The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.04 — 63,463 ratings — published 1997
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Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.03 — 32,456 ratings — published 2002
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Business Model Generation Business Model Generation (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.21 — 61,265 ratings — published 2010
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The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.11 — 12,904 ratings — published 2012
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Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.11 — 17,500 ratings — published 2011
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.40 — 293,411 ratings — published 2018
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Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.01 — 91,807 ratings — published 2005
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The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as start-ups)
avg rating 3.96 — 16,816 ratings — published 2003
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The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.36 — 15,080 ratings — published 2013
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Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works (Lean Series) Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works (Lean Series)
by (shelved 8 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.11 — 21,749 ratings — published 2012
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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.12 — 52,602 ratings — published 2013
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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.04 — 39,849 ratings — published 2001
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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.45 — 393,604 ratings — published 2016
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The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as start-ups)
avg rating 3.89 — 72,650 ratings — published 2012
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Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.18 — 23,903 ratings — published 2016
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Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.22 — 4,390 ratings — published 2019
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Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as start-ups)
avg rating 3.95 — 7,139 ratings — published 2018
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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.11 — 459,753 ratings — published 2015
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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 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.12 — 316,273 ratings — published 2001
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The E-myth Revisited The E-myth Revisited
by (shelved 6 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.07 — 101,800 ratings — published 1985
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Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.11 — 9,914 ratings — published 2014
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Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.30 — 10,198 ratings — published
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The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,010 ratings — published
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The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.03 — 7,525 ratings — published 2017
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Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.10 — 8,260 ratings — published 2013
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Rework Rework (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as start-ups)
avg rating 3.98 — 179,730 ratings — published 2010
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The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,446 ratings — published
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Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.24 — 7,761 ratings — published 2010
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.21 — 185,947 ratings — published 1984
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as start-ups)
avg rating 3.98 — 102,148 ratings — published 2006
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Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.04 — 77,903 ratings — published 2000
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The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as start-ups)
avg rating 3.91 — 29,568 ratings — published 2004
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No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.26 — 34,942 ratings — published 2020
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How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World’s Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World’s Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,332 ratings — published 2020
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How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.28 — 17,395 ratings — published 1947
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Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.13 — 17,804 ratings — published 2007
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Explosive Growth: A Few Things I Learned While Growing To 100 Million Users - And Losing $78 Million Explosive Growth: A Few Things I Learned While Growing To 100 Million Users - And Losing $78 Million (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.16 — 943 ratings — published 2017
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How to Build a Billion Dollar App How to Build a Billion Dollar App (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,423 ratings — published 2014
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The Startup Way: How Modern Companies Use Entrepreneurial Management to Transform Culture and Drive Long-Term Growth The Startup Way: How Modern Companies Use Entrepreneurial Management to Transform Culture and Drive Long-Term Growth (Audio CD)
by (shelved 3 times as start-ups)
avg rating 3.98 — 4,095 ratings — published 2017
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The Art of Startup Fundraising The Art of Startup Fundraising (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.02 — 820 ratings — published 2016
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The 4-Hour Workweek The 4-Hour Workweek (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as start-ups)
avg rating 3.90 — 345,523 ratings — published 2007
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Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.06 — 87,763 ratings — published 1994
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Start Something That Matters Start Something That Matters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.02 — 11,345 ratings — published 2011
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Mastering the VC Game: A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get from Start-up to IPO on Your Terms Mastering the VC Game: A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get from Start-up to IPO on Your Terms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as start-ups)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,721 ratings — published 2010
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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development: A cheat sheet to The Four Steps to the Epiphany The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development: A cheat sheet to The Four Steps to the Epiphany (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.02 — 5,391 ratings — published 2010
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Ryan Lilly
“Jean-Baptiste Say may have coined the term 'entrepreneur' but he totally missed the opportunity to put it on a t-shirt and sell it.”
― Ryan Lilly

Richie Norton
“It's called entrepreneurSHIP, not entrepreneurSTAY. Don't wait. Just ship.”
― Richie Norton

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