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10 Books Like Shoe Dog That Hit the Same Nerve

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You finished Shoe Dog by Phil Knight and want the same energy: Nike was one cash-flow crisis from death for fifteen straight years. The Crazy Idea survived on nerve, misfits… Here are 10 more that scratch the same itch, each with a free chapter-by-chapter breakdown, key lessons and action steps on this shelf.

  • Losing My Virginity book cover Losing My Virginity by Richard Branson · 1998 · Business & Startups · free summary Richard Branson's memoir of Student magazine, Virgin Records, the airline war against British Airways and the branded-venture empire, plus the rule that made it survivable. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
  • The Z Factor book cover The Z Factor by Subhash Chandra · 2016 · Business & Startups · free summary Subhash Chandra's memoir of building India's first private TV empire - audacious bets, an $11 billion crisis, and the founder's true asset: the ability to rebuild. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
  • Anything You Want book cover Anything You Want by Derek Sivers · 2011 · Business & Startups · free summary Business is not about money; it's a way to make your ideas happen and improve lives. If it's not a hell yeah, it's a no. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
  • Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom book cover Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom by Katherine Eban · 2019 · Business & Startups · free summary Investigative journalism on how Ranbaxy and other generic drugmakers gamed the FDA's inspection regime, the whistleblowers who exposed it, and the reform playbook for any industry built on trust-at-distance. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
  • Business Maharajas book cover Business Maharajas by Gita Piramal · 1996 · Business & Startups · free summary Gita Piramal profiles the titans who built Indian industry - their audacity, detail-obsession and self-belief - and the psychology behind empire-building. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
  • Dream With Your Eyes Open book cover Dream With Your Eyes Open by Ronnie Screwvala · 2020 · Business & Startups · free summary Ronnie Screwvala's entrepreneurial memoir: how a film-printing business failed, how UTV rose from the lesson, and the practical rules of dreaming big without losing the plot. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
  • Imagining India book cover Imagining India by Nandan Nilekani · 2008 · Business & Startups · free summary Nandan Nilekani argues that ideas, not resources, built modern India - from state control to a globalized tech nation - and shows how the right ideas build the future. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
  • Principles book cover Principles by Ray Dalio · 2017 · Business & Startups · free summary Pain + Reflection = Progress. Turn every mistake into a written principle, embrace radical truth, and let the best ideas win. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
  • Arise, Awake book cover Arise, Awake by Rashmi Bansal · 2012 · Business & Startups · free summary Ten stories of Indian student entrepreneurs who built real companies while still in college, with the honest warts: failure, family pressure and raw inexperience. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
  • Bad Blood book cover Bad Blood by John Carreyrou · 2018 · Business & Startups · free summary A $9 billion company built on a machine that didn't work - and the culture of fear, NDAs, and famous names that kept the secret for a decade. READ THE FREE BREAKDOWN →
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