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The 8 Best Books on Startups and Building Something New
Every list of books on startups and building something new recommends the same three titles and stops. This one starts from the whole shelf: 500 books distilled into lessons, examples and action steps. These 8 are the ones worth your week, and every one is free to read here, right now, in your language.
The Lean Startup
A startup's only job is learning what customers actually want - faster than the money runs out.
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Zero to One
Doing what we already know takes the world from 1 to n. Creating something new takes it from 0 to 1.
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Rework
Plans are guesses, meetings are toxic, workaholism is stupid, and you need less than you think. Just start making something.
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The Mom Test
Never ask if your idea is good - even your mom will lie. Ask about their life, their past, their problems: facts, not compliments.
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
The hard thing isn't setting big goals. It's laying people off, making calls with no good options, and not quitting when everything breaks.
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Working Backwards
Amazon's operating system explained by two insiders: customer obsession as the north star, working backwards from the press release, six-page narratives instead of slides, and mechanisms, not good intentions, that make culture real.
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That Will Never Work
Netflix began as a DVD-by-mail gamble everyone dismissed: no idea survives contact with reality intact, so test cheap, pivot fast, and let culture and persistence do the rest.
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The Everything Store
Brad Stone's definitive biography of Amazon and Jeff Bezos: customer obsession, long-term thinking and relentless experimentation built the everything store.
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