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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)
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avg rating 4.12 — 17,215 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)
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avg rating 3.90 — 1,699 ratings — published 2010
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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)
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avg rating 4.15 — 391,044 ratings — published 2014
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The Lean Startup The Lean Startup (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 360,636 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)
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avg rating 4.20 — 107,448 ratings — published 2014
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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)
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avg rating 4.23 — 4,075 ratings — published 2019
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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)
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avg rating 4.02 — 31,089 ratings — published 2006
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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)
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avg rating 4.12 — 286,071 ratings — published 2001
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The Money Trap: Lost Illusions Inside the Tech Bubble The Money Trap: Lost Illusions Inside the Tech Bubble (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 1,379 ratings — published
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The Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth The Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 374 ratings — published
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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)
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avg rating 4.35 — 2,248 ratings — published
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Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 25,229 ratings — published 2008
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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)
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avg rating 4.43 — 5,215 ratings — published 2022
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Engines That Move Markets: Technology Investing from Railroads to the Internet and Beyond Engines That Move Markets: Technology Investing from Railroads to the Internet and Beyond (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 220 ratings — published 2001
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Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 16,705 ratings — published 2019
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The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor (Columbia Business School Publishing) The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor (Columbia Business School Publishing)
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avg rating 4.33 — 15,994 ratings — published 2011
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Influence Empire: The Story of Tencent and China's Tech Ambition Influence Empire: The Story of Tencent and China's Tech Ambition (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.94 — 937 ratings — published
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Measure What Matters Measure What Matters (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.98 — 36,904 ratings — published 2017
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Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money & Having Fun Investing in Startups Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money & Having Fun Investing in Startups (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 553 ratings — published 2014
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High Output Management High Output Management (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 21,037 ratings — published 1983
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The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 747 ratings — published
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Gambling Man: The Secret Story of the World's Greatest Disruptor, Masayoshi Son Gambling Man: The Secret Story of the World's Greatest Disruptor, Masayoshi Son (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 664 ratings — published
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Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.71 — 13,564 ratings — published 2016
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House of Huawei: The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company House of Huawei: The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 1,461 ratings — published 2025
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Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 9,151 ratings — published
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Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.08 — 4,273 ratings — published 2025
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The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.33 — 3,268 ratings — published
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The E-myth Revisited The E-myth Revisited (Unknown Binding)
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avg rating 4.07 — 95,543 ratings — published 1985
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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)
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avg rating 3.96 — 6,850 ratings — published 2018
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The Experimentation Machine: Finding Product-Market Fit in the Age of AI The Experimentation Machine: Finding Product-Market Fit in the Age of AI (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 69 ratings — published
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Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 3,463 ratings — published
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 204,954 ratings — published 2016
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Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,012 ratings — published
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The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 3,750 ratings — published 2022
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The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 1,849 ratings — published 2021
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The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 4,019 ratings — published 1997
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Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 594 ratings — published 2013
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Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 2,011 ratings — published 2012
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Business adventures Business adventures (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 24,451 ratings — published 1969
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Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 16,817 ratings — published 2005
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The Art of Startup Fundraising The Art of Startup Fundraising (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 809 ratings — published 2016
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THE ENTREPRENEURIAL BIBLE TO VENTURE CAPITAL: Inside Secrets from the Leaders in the Startup Game THE ENTREPRENEURIAL BIBLE TO VENTURE CAPITAL: Inside Secrets from the Leaders in the Startup Game (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as venture)
avg rating 3.68 — 181 ratings — published 2013
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Term Sheets & Valuations: An Inside Look at the Intricacies of Term Sheets & Valuations (Bigwig Briefs) Term Sheets & Valuations: An Inside Look at the Intricacies of Term Sheets & Valuations (Bigwig Briefs)
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avg rating 3.85 — 313 ratings — published 2003
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Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 679 ratings — published 2002
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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)
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avg rating 4.04 — 59,826 ratings — published 1997
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Creative Capital Creative Capital (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 247 ratings — published 2008
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John Wooden
“Don't mistake activity with achievement.”
John Wooden

“Sadly enough, while we all keep segregating ourselves into little tribes, passionately claiming our moral rights and neglected privileges to capital access, we overlook the fact that the real divide comes down to just two sides. Those of us with the desire and mental ability to build and innovate —or, as it's called in finance, the "sell-side." And then there's the "buy-side"—the folks who have some spare capital to invest. How did they get that extra capital in the first place? Good question—fair question.”
Victoria Silchenko, Raise and Rise: Funding Sources for Your Startup in the Era of Digital Transformation & Blockchain

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