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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 458 times as startups)
avg rating 4.15 — 400,739 ratings — published 2014
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The Lean Startup The Lean Startup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 367 times as startups)
avg rating 4.11 — 365,131 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 261 times as startups)
avg rating 4.20 — 110,121 ratings — published 2014
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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days (Hardcover)
by (shelved 154 times as startups)
avg rating 4.03 — 38,157 ratings — published 2001
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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 121 times as startups)
avg rating 3.96 — 16,733 ratings — published 2003
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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 115 times as startups)
avg rating 4.11 — 12,838 ratings — published 2012
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Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 109 times as startups)
avg rating 4.11 — 9,823 ratings — published 2014
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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 108 times as startups)
avg rating 4.12 — 17,332 ratings — published 2011
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Rework Rework (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as startups)
avg rating 3.98 — 175,886 ratings — published 2010
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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as startups)
avg rating 4.12 — 50,211 ratings — published 2013
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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 99 times as startups)
avg rating 4.04 — 60,882 ratings — published 1997
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Business Model Generation Business Model Generation (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as startups)
avg rating 4.21 — 59,204 ratings — published 2010
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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 93 times as startups)
avg rating 4.37 — 13,775 ratings — published 2013
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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 93 times as startups)
avg rating 4.02 — 31,459 ratings — published 2002
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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 72 times as startups)
avg rating 4.12 — 295,064 ratings — published 2001
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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 72 times as startups)
avg rating 4.10 — 20,769 ratings — published 2012
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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 72 times as startups)
avg rating 3.90 — 29,330 ratings — published 2004
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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 70 times as startups)
avg rating 4.40 — 282,598 ratings — published 2018
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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 69 times as startups)
avg rating 3.89 — 71,008 ratings — published 2012
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High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as startups)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,785 ratings — published 2018
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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 61 times as startups)
avg rating 4.11 — 8,225 ratings — published 2013
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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 59 times as startups)
avg rating 3.95 — 6,957 ratings — published 2018
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Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as startups)
avg rating 4.23 — 25,683 ratings — published 2008
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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 52 times as startups)
avg rating 4.18 — 23,500 ratings — published 2016
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High Output Management High Output Management (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as startups)
avg rating 4.30 — 21,400 ratings — published 1983
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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 49 times as startups)
avg rating 4.23 — 4,204 ratings — published 2019
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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 49 times as startups)
avg rating 4.46 — 371,152 ratings — published 2016
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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 48 times as startups)
avg rating 4.04 — 76,694 ratings — published 2000
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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 47 times as startups)
avg rating 4.01 — 88,211 ratings — published 2005
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The E-myth Revisited The E-myth Revisited (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 46 times as startups)
avg rating 4.07 — 97,281 ratings — published 1985
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Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as startups)
avg rating 4.05 — 9,586 ratings — published 2004
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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 44 times as startups)
avg rating 4.31 — 9,482 ratings — published
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Measure What Matters Measure What Matters (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 43 times as startups)
avg rating 3.98 — 37,698 ratings — published 2017
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Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as startups)
avg rating 4.10 — 270,423 ratings — published 2009
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Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want
by (shelved 43 times as startups)
avg rating 4.21 — 7,183 ratings — published 2013
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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 42 times as startups)
avg rating 4.27 — 33,146 ratings — published 2020
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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 42 times as startups)
avg rating 4.15 — 941 ratings — published 2017
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Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup (Disciplined Entrepreneurship Series) Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup (Disciplined Entrepreneurship Series)
by (shelved 41 times as startups)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,421 ratings — published 2013
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Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as startups)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,353 ratings — published 2018
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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as startups)
avg rating 4.14 — 77,601 ratings — published 2013
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Startup CEO: How to Build a Company to Success Startup CEO: How to Build a Company to Success (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 40 times as startups)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,413 ratings — published 2013
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Hacking Growth: How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success Hacking Growth: How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as startups)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,480 ratings — published 2017
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Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as startups)
avg rating 3.91 — 17,133 ratings — published 2016
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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as startups)
avg rating 4.21 — 103,110 ratings — published 2014
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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 36 times as startups)
avg rating 3.98 — 99,659 ratings — published 2006
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The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as startups)
avg rating 4.42 — 5,405 ratings — published 2022
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Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 35 times as startups)
avg rating 3.98 — 4,393 ratings — published 2010
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The 4-Hour Workweek The 4-Hour Workweek (ebook)
by (shelved 35 times as startups)
avg rating 3.91 — 334,988 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 34 times as startups)
avg rating 4.06 — 85,104 ratings — published 1994
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Jason Hishmeh
“In the race to scale a startup, overlooking financial planning is like building a skyscraper on shaky ground. True growth stems from decisions rooted in accurate forecasts and smart resource allocation.”
Jason Hishmeh, The 6 Startup Stages: How Non-technical Founders Create Scalable, Profitable Companies

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