Bookstck

A curated bookshelf (+100 books) made by entrepreneurs

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A curated bookshelf (+100 books) made by entrepreneurs

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Maker

Hi Product Hunters! 😄 I’m the maker of Bookstck, a curated bookshelf made by entrepreneurs like Marc Andreessen, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel and more…! I built Bookstck because I’ve always wondered what books amazing entrepreneurs have in their bookshelf. Moreover, I used to read : - News like « X books recommended by Y » - Book recommendations from @pmarca - Quora posts like « What books are on Z’s reading list? » So, a few days ago, I decided to gather all these recommendations in one simple product. Feel free to ask and to share in the comments book recommendations from startup founders :) Tip: Use our magic function to discover new books 👉 here

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11yr ago

Shelfie

@clemkn Very cool Clement. I emailed you re: our Shelfie app, lets chat!

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11yr ago

Mobile Growth by Branch

@clemkn This is awesome, we all read almost all such lists. and have discovered some priceless gems like only paranoid survive and business adventures through such lists.

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11yr ago

Very cool - love the clean layout! Are you manually creating these lists -- how long does that take per shelf and how do you know when to stop? Also -- suggestion would be (because I'm personally always looking for it) adding a link to Goodreads and/or Audible, so that I can see the ratings/reviews on those places.

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11yr ago

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Maker

@bryanpostelnek Thank you! I manually create the lists because of different formats but I though of a way to automate it. For each shelf, I'm looking for Quora posts, news, tweets, and Reddit AMAs... it's long enough. Ratings/reviews and other integrations are on the roadmap! 😄

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11yr ago

@clemkn Sweet! Appreciate the reply. :) Two other ideas I'll leave you with are that it might be beneficial to provide high-level summaries of these entrepreneurs and (what could be really interesting) is to be able to map my interests in entrepreneurship or map my personality type to an entrepreneur's personality to be recommended which entrepreneur's bookshelf I should read off of. Also -- I forgot to tell you the first time around that I love that you've put down the most commonly read books! It was one of the first things I was looking for on the site and I was so happy to find it! Best of luck with this going forward and scaling it (mechanical Turk an option?)!

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11yr ago

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Maker

@bryanpostelnek neat ideas! thx! And Mechanical Turk is a serious option ;)

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11yr ago

Selfie Smash

@bryanpostelnek Hey Bryan, the site seems to be down but would you happen to remember what was on the the list of "most commonly read books"? Thanks!

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11yr ago

Forward

Nice work @Clemkn ! Love the design and presentation!! Are you planning to allow users to submit suggestions?

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11yr ago

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Maker

@nickcoates_ Thx! It's on the roadmap :)

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11yr ago

Mobile Growth by Branch

@clemkn @nickcoates_ I would love that too - as a tech entrepreneur for 4 years, have got a little reading list of my own to share :)

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11yr ago

Nice ! Great idea, hope to become an awesome entrepreneur with them ! And you @Clemkn, what are your favorites ?

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11yr ago

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Maker

@piaarre haha thanks! I love the recommendations of Marc Andreessen with lots of books about innovation, and you ?

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11yr ago

Fetcher

Nice resource. Anyone else find it interesting how this (and other similar lists from prominent people) skews so heavily towards non-fiction?

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11yr ago

Lola

@calc This doesn't surprise me - I think a lot of these people have technical backgrounds and probably read a certain type of book for fun. I bet if you had a more diverse group, there'd be more fiction. What people find "valuable" to read seems to vary wildly :)

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11yr ago

Awesome, this will save me a lot of time as I've previously followed a similar method to you, searching for books recommended by X. What are your next steps? Are you planning on opening this up to the community?

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11yr ago

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Maker

@leepaulkennedy Yep! Open to a restricted community is the next big step!

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11yr ago

VYVE

@clemkn Love it! This is going to save me so much time choosing my next book (reading the Lean Startup now). Just an idea, how about adding similar books suggestions at the bottom of the each book details page?

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11yr ago

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Maker

@illaigescheit It's on the roadmap too :-) Thank you for the feedback!

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11yr ago

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