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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 — 418,949 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 — 374,013 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 — 114,585 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 4.03 — 62,698 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 — 32,097 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 — 60,388 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 — 12,890 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 — 17,487 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 — 289,070 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 — 90,934 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 — 16,806 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 — 14,848 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 — 21,580 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 — 51,965 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 — 39,696 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 — 389,116 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 — 72,218 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 — 23,841 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 4.23 — 4,363 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 — 7,117 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 4.12 — 456,075 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 — 312,081 ratings — published 2001
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The E-myth Revisited The E-myth Revisited (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 6 times as start-ups)
avg rating 4.06 — 100,191 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 — 9,897 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 4.31 — 10,087 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 — 3,962 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 4.04 — 7,511 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 — 8,254 ratings — published 2013
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Rework Rework (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as start-ups)
avg rating 3.97 — 178,227 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 — 2,422 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 — 7,720 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 — 184,215 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 — 101,585 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 — 77,146 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 — 29,537 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 — 34,603 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 — 4,322 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 — 17,374 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 — 17,487 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 — 1,421 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 — 4,093 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 — 819 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 — 342,894 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 — 87,144 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 — 11,342 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 — 5,394 ratings — published 2010
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Bernard Kelvin Clive
“You may start small but don't stay small”
Bernard Kelvin Clive

“A startup will always prefer to work with an IP attorney, who believes in their idea, not one, who is only bothered about billing.”
Kalyan Kankanala, IP For StartUps: Basics of IP for Entrepreneurs, startups and small entities

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