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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 461 times as startups)
avg rating 4.14 — 413,612 ratings — published 2014
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The Lean Startup The Lean Startup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 371 times as startups)
avg rating 4.11 — 371,275 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 4.19 — 113,248 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 4.04 — 39,285 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 123 times as startups)
avg rating 3.96 — 16,784 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 — 12,881 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 — 9,871 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 4.11 — 17,447 ratings — published 2011
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Rework Rework (Hardcover)
by (shelved 103 times as startups)
avg rating 3.97 — 177,554 ratings — published 2010
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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 101 times as startups)
avg rating 4.03 — 62,190 ratings — published 1997
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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products (Hardcover)
by (shelved 100 times as startups)
avg rating 4.12 — 51,449 ratings — published 2013
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Business Model Generation Business Model Generation (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as startups)
avg rating 4.21 — 60,025 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 94 times as startups)
avg rating 4.36 — 14,520 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 — 31,889 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 74 times as startups)
avg rating 4.12 — 307,033 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 73 times as startups)
avg rating 4.11 — 21,272 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 73 times as startups)
avg rating 3.91 — 29,448 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 71 times as startups)
avg rating 4.40 — 287,046 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 71 times as startups)
avg rating 3.89 — 71,854 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 63 times as startups)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,825 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 63 times as startups)
avg rating 4.10 — 8,247 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 60 times as startups)
avg rating 3.95 — 7,085 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 — 26,157 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 54 times as startups)
avg rating 4.18 — 23,753 ratings — published 2016
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High Output Management High Output Management (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as startups)
avg rating 4.30 — 21,942 ratings — published 1983
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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 50 times as startups)
avg rating 4.45 — 383,796 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 50 times as startups)
avg rating 4.04 — 76,985 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 49 times as startups)
avg rating 4.01 — 90,177 ratings — published 2005
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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 — 4,308 ratings — published 2019
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The E-myth Revisited The E-myth Revisited (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 49 times as startups)
avg rating 4.06 — 99,317 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 46 times as startups)
avg rating 4.05 — 9,638 ratings — published 2004
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The CodeBreaker Mindset: The Unwritten Rules for Success The CodeBreaker Mindset: The Unwritten Rules for Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as startups)
avg rating 4.32 — 5,501 ratings — published
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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 — 9,881 ratings — published
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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 44 times as startups)
avg rating 4.26 — 34,223 ratings — published 2020
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Measure What Matters Measure What Matters (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 44 times as startups)
avg rating 3.97 — 38,560 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 44 times as startups)
avg rating 4.09 — 278,217 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 44 times as startups)
avg rating 4.21 — 7,207 ratings — published 2013
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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 43 times as startups)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,452 ratings — published 2013
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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 43 times as startups)
avg rating 4.16 — 943 ratings — published 2017
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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 — 2,379 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 4.13 — 78,397 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 — 1,414 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 38 times as startups)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,558 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 38 times as startups)
avg rating 3.91 — 17,202 ratings — published 2016
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The 4-Hour Workweek The 4-Hour Workweek (ebook)
by (shelved 38 times as startups)
avg rating 3.91 — 340,514 ratings — published 2007
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The Startup of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career The Startup of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 37 times as startups)
avg rating 3.83 — 11,019 ratings — published 2012
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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 36 times as startups)
avg rating 4.20 — 104,919 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 — 101,057 ratings — published 2006
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Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as startups)
avg rating 4.06 — 86,576 ratings — published 1994
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